Logan's review
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 (The Best American Series (TM))
by Dave Eggers
Logan's review
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 (The Best American Series (TM)) by Dave Eggers
Logan's review
rating:
bookshelves:
essays,
short_stories
This collection is, at best, a compendium of hit and miss articles and short stories and, at worst, a collection of writers that remind me of everything I don't like about Dave Eggers. This book has been bathroom reading, sitting on the back of the toilet in case I find myself trapped in the commode for a long duration. The problem is that I am so uninspired to read it that I've taken to bringing in other reading materials.
One bright note: I loved the article about Saddam Hussein written by Mark Bowden though it is fairly over-flowing with the jingoistic imperial zeal that marked most pundit's tone on Iraq leading up to the US invasion in 2003. There's also a fantastic article on Idi Amin that is worth reading.
One bright note: I loved the article about Saddam Hussein written by Mark Bowden though it is fairly over-flowing with the jingoistic imperial zeal that marked most pundit's tone on Iraq leading up to the US invasion in 2003. There's also a fantastic article on Idi Amin that is worth reading.
