
This is why I subscribe to NYRB. An author I had never heard of before has now become a must-buy. This book packs an incredible amount into just 120-odd pages. The language is lean and spiky, not an ounce of fat to be found, yet it never sounds pedestrian. It's propulsive writing, one sentence flowing breathlessly into the next. I tore through it in a day and a half.























































