My “Smoke” Problem

By at 24 March, 2008, 10:53 am

There’s something that’s been bothering me while reading the reviews about Nicholson Baker‘s new book “Human Smoke.” I couldn’t put my finger on it, but it basically boiled down to the question, “Are you saying we shouldn’t have gone to war against Hitler? That doing so was not worth doing?” But I hadn’t quite articulated […]

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My “Smoke” Problem

By at 24 March, 2008, 10:53 am

There’s something that’s been bothering me while reading the reviews about Nicholson Baker‘s new book “Human Smoke.” I couldn’t put my finger on it, but it basically boiled down to the question, “Are you saying we shouldn’t have gone to war against Hitler? That doing so was not worth doing?” But I hadn’t quite articulated […]

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My “Smoke” Problem

By at 24 March, 2008, 10:53 am

There’s something that’s been bothering me while reading the reviews about Nicholson Baker‘s new book “Human Smoke.” I couldn’t put my finger on it, but it basically boiled down to the question, “Are you saying we shouldn’t have gone to war against Hitler? That doing so was not worth doing?” But I hadn’t quite articulated […]

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My “Smoke” Problem

By at 24 March, 2008, 10:53 am

There’s something that’s been bothering me while reading the reviews about Nicholson Baker‘s new book “Human Smoke.” I couldn’t put my finger on it, but it basically boiled down to the question, “Are you saying we shouldn’t have gone to war against Hitler? That doing so was not worth doing?” But I hadn’t quite articulated […]

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