Petra's review
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 (The Best American Series (TM))
by Dave Eggers
Petra's review
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 (The Best American Series (TM)) by Dave Eggers
Petra's review
rating:
This was a fun one. fast reading. skipped over some stories (though I don't think many- maybe one or two), but some were fantastic. The George Saunders piece on Dubai is amazing. There were some bullshitty Dave Eggers bits- like list of hobo names that is 700 names and 9 pages long, and a list of "Best American New Band Names". The short stores that Eggers chooses to include are great, but when he feels the need to edit all words in the English language ("Best American New Works and Phrases"), its less than great. Somebody should teach Eggers a new trick.
