_Like Shaking Hands With God_ is not worth the money of you have read the other works by Vonnegut he wrote since 1980 that spells out his personal philosophy on life, the universe and everything. However, I stand by my assertion that if someone were to publish Vonnegut's collected grocery lists, I would buy that book.
This book, comes close. It is short and spare and lacking in depth -- 80 pages of widely spaced larger type font. I am now vaguely interested in the writings of Lee Stringer now, but not enough that I plan on following up on finding more
about his work.
March 9, 2010
On Coming Up for Air, by George Orwell
A minor miracle in places. In others, Orwell's narrator is amazingly prescient on economic facts and class status for a contemporary reader. However, the book is uneven and some of the protagonist's/narrators actions are unbelievable. Overall, this book is uneven, but even Orwell's unevenness is quality enough to read.
On Making of the English Working Class, by E.P. Thompson
A pretty narrow subject with a very exhaustive take on the rising of class consciousness in England between the years 1790 and 1832. Engrossing at times, but also somewhat hard to read. First because it is an academic history from 40 years ago, but mainly because it is so dense and big. This is one of the books that I would want for a Kindle if I was not so anti-Kindle. It hurts the wrist, and as someone who takes a book everywhere I go, it is too big to be portable. This 'small' fact lead to me taking about six months reading the work. I liked it, with qualifications.
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