book review
Few books will I not reread sooner.
“A Murder Trial to Cover, Axes to Grind,” The New York Times, July 7, 2011.
The moment I’d finished I bought myself a first edition, and then another, for a friend’s birthday. It’s that sort of book.
Review of How to Breathe Underwater, “November 2003,” in The Polysyllabic Spree (San Francisco, CA: Believer Books, 2004), 33.
This is not your auntie’s self-help book. No muffled “I’m OK—You’re OK” tone here. The vibe is: I’m Superbad, bro, and I have dimples. You’re a mole person who, if you become an angel investor in my books, might someday touch the hem of my Speedo.
Review of Timothy Ferriss’s book The 4-Hour Body, “New! Improved! Shape Up Your Life!,” The New York Times, January 6, 2011.
A good book of letters beats an almost-good novel any day.
“Friends Who Didn’t Mince Words,” The New York Times, December 9, 2010.