Herman Goodden

A collection of short essays by a journalist and free-lancer who admires Chesterton. Many of these are columns or articles from various newspapers and magazines. He writes about life and cultural issues, freedom of speech, literature (essays on GK Chesterton, Walker Percy, Flannery O'Connor and many others), the local politics and history of London, Ontario and much more. I did think the essay about his vasectomy was a bit much, not graphic, I just prefer not to know the condition of other people's genitals. But for the most part, a very enjoyable selection of bite-sized pieces of interest.… (altro)