BOTM: R. Caro, The power broker: Robert Moses and the fall of New York (1924)
R. Adams, The Witch
Goddess (1982)
R. Adams, Bili the Axe (1982)
R. Adams, Champion of the Last Battle (1983)
Daunt books (ed.), In the kitchen: essays on food and life (2020)
I. B. Singer, The
magician of Lublin (1960)
E. Waugh, Decline
and fall (1928)
Of course it was. I have many weaknesses, and amongst them is one for massive famous works of analysis. This one is no exception. Everyone says it's one of the best books on power and politics and America; everyone is right. Why is it so good? It's meticulously researched: there's a reason why it's so long. It's analytically absolutely rock solid. Those years of research aren't just regurgitated, but properly processed and worked through. What I was surprised by is how brilliantly written it is: lucid, fast moving, masterful at zooming in and our again. It tells it's story well, and it didn't feel like a chore, even when I had to read it at high pace to finish before I went to a play on the subject.
Decline and fall is also a masterpiece. In almost any other month, it would have won. I do think they should edit the bits about the black man though.
