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...first sentence reads: “An openly gay undergraduate was allegedly assaulted as he walked on Bow Street Friday night by a man yelling homophobic epithets, in what the victim is calling a hate crime” (my emphasis). By the first full stop, your reader has already been told four times that the student claims, alleges, etc., that he was a victim, but it has not yet been made clear that he was a victim of an assault. I find this highly offensive and see in it a case of homophobia (or skewed reporting, at the very least...
...explains the title as literary license intended to draw attention to the issue—but this mea culpa does not arrive until page 375. The concession’s offhand placement in the denouement of the argument, rather than in the prelude to it, can only confuse the reader compelled by Friedman’s effervescent faith in flatness for the previous...
...work, it feels as though the events that unfold in this book could have happened, even if they never actually did. While this makes for a story where less happens, it gives the work a subtle, textural quality of wordless image and emotion that slows the narrative, forcing the reader to recognize the humanity of the characters...
...perhaps the greatest charm of this book for the average Harvard reader is the sense of familiarity one feels with the character types and locations. As an introspective senior preparing for my final departure from these hallowed halls, the imagery offered by “Guilty” nicely complements my pre-nostalgic state of mind...
...fashion, this tale ends on an upbeat note. Oppenheimer finishes far ahead of petty men like Strauss and Hoover. The biography is long, but it is infinitely more satisfying than a Tom Clancy thriller, thanks to Bird and Sherwin’s meticulous character construction. And, even better, the reader doesn’t have to worry about the authors churning out another equally long sequel—at least not for another quarter-century...