Apex Hides the Hurt

a very clever book from a really sharp writer that i realized too late was a satire. i would have thought that names would have been enough for me and he does pursue some really interesting lines of thought but when all is said and done i would wish for more meat and less cucumber sandwich. on the f......more

This is a very cleverly written book. The plot concerns a Nomanclature Consultant who is hired to come up with a name for a town. He finds out in his research that the town has a lot of past to get over or hide. I recommend this book to all.......more

The night after I finished this book, I dreamed: shuttlebus, shuttlebus, shuttlebus. For those who haven't yet read it, and thus won't catch that reference, let me say: Colson Whitehead has written a profound book about superficiality. It's at once about the modern problem of the branding of America a......more