The New Yorker
I need to ratchet back on the review references a little. They won’t be the focus of the blog soon. They are kind of the game at the moment but I can’t go writing about every one and annotating all of them. At this point everyone gets the picture. But I couldn’t quite let it go without posting the link to the brief review in the New Yorker.
When I was writing the book in Berlin in 2003/04 I had a print subscription to the New Yorker. It was the only English language publication I received. On the streetcar or alone in my bar on Sunday night, I would read every word. I learned to appreciate not just the big features or the criticism but also the tiny jewels tucked inside like Tables and Notebooks in the Goings On About Town and particularly the Briefly Noted book reviews. So I guess you’d say that I’m a little excited about this one. Just a little.
