Daniel Finkelstein

It still shocks a bit that Danny Finkelstein couldn’t pick out a work of literary fiction when a guest on Radio 4’s “A Good Read”. But this compilation of his Times columns does show him to be a wise and above all decent observer. Sensible, humorous, and concise, his writing ranges across politics and culture, with touching glimpses of his family’s surviving the European maelstrom of the generation before ours. Finkelstein looks for evidence and interesting examples to back up his insights rather than merely opining. Which makes this an entertaining and well-informed package. It’s clear indeed that my onetime LSE near-classmate does after all read widely and well.… (altro)