5/09/2008

The unconscious reviewer

Newspaper book reviewing has reached a dismal state. Here's a fellow doubling up on Republic of Suffering and Last Flag Down:
This [Suffering] is an academic work, one that goes far to banish the romantic claptrap that surrounds the Civil War. [...] "Last Flag Down" is sheer armchair fun, a high seas narrative about a remarkable ship on an incredible voyage - and the men who sailed her.