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...first three chapters read much like a traditional memoir, but halfway through the book we see a switch in tone and mission. Lelyveld begins the chapter entitled, “Ben,” by addressing his subject in the second person. His textual conversation with the long-dead Ben ends with a heartfelt declaration of purpose: “It may not always seem that way but I mean this exploration as a kind of homage; that and, secondarily, as an attempt to round out and perhaps put to rest an early chapter of my own life...
...research Lelyveld needs to carry out in order to create this “homage,” and in order “to round out…an early chapter of [his] own life,” creates a side-loop off the main spiral of his memory. Instead of being allowed to continue on our journey through the foldings of the author’s psyche, we are instead directed to the twin labyrinths of letters and libraries, caught up in a journalistic inquiry...
...past, I think journalists wrote about China in a formulaic way,” Johnson says. “The books tended to be a chapter on the economy, a chapter on politics, a chapter on agriculture, a chapter on food. But now, you can spend time with people and get inside their lives...
...install a new rail mill and two continuous casters. The effort, coming in the midst of the steel industry's problems, was too little and too late. Losses mounted, reaching about $166 million during the past three years. Last week the company filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy law, the largest bust in the industry's history...
...those still unsure about the book’s quality, ponder the advice that closes the “Ms. Independence” chapter: you are “crossing the line [if] you represent yourself when you’re on trial for running your boyfriend over with a lawnmower...