I'm almost embarrassed now by my 2016 review of that book. Indeed, this book has given me fresh perspective on much of the media that I've consumed.įirst and foremost: Philip Roth's scandalous yet hilarious book, Portnoy's Complaint. I especially liked that the authors interspersed various historical and cultural titbits. Having to study and commit parts of this to my fickle memory often made this tiresome, but if I were to ignore that aspect, I quite enjoyed the conversational tone of the text which lent an easy flow to the reading experience. It is definitely no more than an introduction, the advantage of that being its consequent universal appeal. Also, true to its title, it's so superficial that it has to be supplemented with additional reading. I es As a textbook, it's quite vague and difficult to reproduce. As a textbook, it's quite vague and difficult to reproduce.
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