Thursday, September 30, 2010

Jonathan Franzen's FREEDOM Incorporates Walt-Mearsheimer Thesis from Coffee House by M.J. Rosenberg


I am not going to reveal anything about #1 bestseller (and Oprah choice) FREEDOM by Jonathan Franzen. Suffice it to say that the New York Times book review by Sam Tanenhaus called it "a classic of American fiction" and, honest to God, that praise was mild compared to most major reviews. Personally, I found the book to be the best fiction work I have read in decades and, not meaning to brag, I read a lot of fiction. The characters in the book will stay with me forever. At least, I hope so...
Read the full TPMCafe story here. See also: The Corrections: A Novel, How to Be Alone: Essays, and this American Thinker post.

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