Friday, February 17, 2006

Mom turned me on to this guy

Mom turned me on to John Dolan. He is an editor for the eXile, a Russian-based alternative newspaper. Much of Dolan's contributions are book reviews, including one of Frey's "memoir" titled A Million Pieces of Shit (from 2003 even). I don't pretend to associate myself with the intellectual crowd so I'll admit a lot of the subject matter is over my head, but it's plainly written, it's funny, and it's mean(my favorite combination). Though I don't know squat about war literature or the Russian economy, I can understand Dolan's critique of Anthony Swafford's Jarhead or his rant about David Satter's Darkness At Dawn. Reading these reviews makes me feel smarter, and you know me, I'm into feelings.

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