John Leonard (1)Recensioni

John Leonard has given us a verbal collage of our country at the turn of the Millenium. When you read about a state or territory, you gain a sense of our differences. Whereas, the totality of the book provides apt imagery for the United States of America.½

This is an excellent collection of essays and reviews. Sure, I had seen him on CBS Sunday Morning and had read his work seemingly everywhere for years, but once you sit down and read a collection of his gems, one realizes just how good he was.

I read two of the last essays, on Yiddish Policeman's Union and Year of Magical Thinking, because those discussed books I have read. My library stack is enormous right now, and he has to wait.