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Infinite jest barnes and noble5/10/2023 Finnegan’s more personal first person account of seeking out the world’s greatest wave is not that dissimilar from my search for the great taco. If The Dodgers make the play-offs, I will return to Knight’s Shakespearian tragedy to see if it plays out differently in Act II. I see both as questing-in-the Joseph-Campbell-way, but, fortunately, Finnegan and Knight write in non-syrupy, restrained sentimental overtures that attest to their disciplined, journalistic backgrounds. Barbarian Days: a Surfing Life by William Finnegan and The Best Team Money Can Buy by Molly Knight are specifically SoCal entreaties that transcend their limited scope as evidenced by glowing reviews from East Coast writers and the fact that I, a non-surfer and Minnesota Twins fan, am engaged. Two new buzzed-about-town books have kept my gaze sporadically throughout summer. Sometimes one book tempts me while I’m reading another I’ll see it sitting there on the pinball machine from across the room and smell the mint tea wafting my way. I don’t I start many, and each day continue with the one that beckons me like a siren, a chanteuse, a song from the neighbor’s attic or a gesturing come-hither hand disembodied. At least you pick up a book and read it straight through. Like you, I have an attention-span problem. Here’s a picture of the books I am currently reading. That’s because it’s summer and summer is for reading. You’ve noticed: I’ve not been writing everyday.
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