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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The writing is crisp and fresh, as if the writer has discovered these stories etched into panels of marble and just dusted away the grit and debris. Accurate and in many ways, deeply depressing. Thought provoking for these times.

A must read for anyone interested in america, it's people, and it's politics. For anyone who has traveled extensively in the us this book is a cultural homage to the geographies (by that i mean people and places) of the deep south.

Shocking insight in to how much the us government ignores the people in the south. Raises issues of racism, lingering civil war bitterness and opportunism of many of its political leaders, including one notable us president. This book sheds light on a... Read More

Theroux always writes with great clarity, and in this book his customary bile seems to have been diluted. It's obvious by the end of the book how enriched theroux was by the experience. He mourns the terrible shadow of past atrocity which has marginal... Read More

Theroux raises the unexplained point that the us gives billions away each year to third world countries, while leaving its own southern citizens in poverty. An interesting review of the attitudes to segregation.

Cons

The tiresome people and conversations are as never ending as the cotton fields he keeps insisting on describing. I'm a late comer to paul theroux, and gather from other reviews that this probably isn't his strongest work.

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Quality

There a few very helpful photos by steve mccurry and it encouraged me to look at the works of walker evans photos attached in this review

I agree with the author that those american celebrities who support third world countries with charitable work and being ambass... Read More

Accurate and in many ways deeply depressing

Packaging/appearance

Well written it is a sobering observation of how socalled advanced societies can wither on the vine

Competitiveness

That he travelled overseas to have exciting experiences in situations that were unfamiliar to him when he could have travelled ... Read More

This book sheds light on a part of the usa that probably helped elect trump

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This product had a total of 942 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 14 2022.