April 5, 2004
Daniel Green on James Wood on John Le Carre
Daniel Green of The Reading Experience analyzes James Wood's review of John Le Carre's Absolute Friends, offering an interesting take on the British literary critic. I'm a fan of Wood's criticism, for reasons that can be summed up as the seemingly "moral" seriousness with which he undertakes his duties, but occasionally cannot stomach his prevarications regarding the merits of the book under review. This review (available online to subscribers only) seems to be a particularly flagrant example of this tendency. Anyway, I'm just using this as an excuse to link to Daniel's weblog as I think he offers the type of commentary on literature that I'd like to think I offer on visual art. Kindred spirits are always to be encouraged.