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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 05:34 PM
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Book recommendations
I'm in a political book slump.

Read Franken, Galbraith, Paine, Chomsky, Jon Stewart and Bugliosi. Don't want a long read, and frankly don't care for political discourse on economic subjects anymore (Boring!!!!!)

What/who should I seek out for a relatively entertaining, mildly (or grossly) amusing, tome with strong wit and some acerbity? My attention span is nowhere what it used to be, so books with a lot of indepth "must read every page" material would also not be much fun.

Get busy with recommendations!
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 05:43 PM
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1. "Snobs"
by Julian Fellowes.

Smart, sharp, fun.

Also, "The Good Priest's Son," by Reynolds Price. Not 'ha-ha' funny, but sometimes sly. Mostly a joy to read because Price is such a brilliant writer.
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