WHATWE’RE READING
the planet. It looks at the fossil and carbon records of prior mass extinctions and connects the dots to today. Humans are playing a pivotal role this time. ––––––
and jealousy and the distortions they create. French’s most recent book, The Searcher , is brilliant as well, but something of a departure in style and approach, and not as easy to slide into as the others... so save it for later. ––––––
KIM ISKYAN Executive Editor, American Consequences IN THEWOODS Tana French
DAN FERRIS Editor, Extreme Value FREEDOM
If you’re up for escapism (no finance or investment themes here) that is compelling, gripping, page-turning, and deeply stirring – featuring
Sebastian Junger It’s about his walking trip along the country’s railroad lines with his dog and various friends. He intersperses historical
vivid characters and plots that stay with you for months afterward – Tana French is the ticket. She’s an Irish/American (not hyphenated American – but both, really) thriller/suspense/mystery writer whose touchstone series is about the (imaginary) Dublin Murder Squad. They investigate crimes that get to the very heart of what it is to be human – the sadness and anger and anguish and buried secrets that are never gone forever. In the Woods is the first of the series and will get you hooked. The second, The Likeness , has a premise that’s uniquely brain- melting and extraordinary, and you won’t be able to put it down. To get an introduction to French’s style – literary and vivid and with a narrative as well constructed as a seamless wardrobe – start with the standalone novel The Witch Elm , which is about friendship, murder, deception,
episodes and ponders the nature of freedom. It’s short but worth reading. It left me feeling hopeful.
ANTI-POLITICS Sal Mayweather
The author features agorist essays and excerpts – agorism advocates a society involving only voluntary exchanges. The most frequent author
in the collection is philosopher Samuel Edward Konkin III, the father of agorism. Also included are tax resister Karl Hess, anarchist Benjamin Tucker, Mahatma Gandhi, economist Murray Rothbard, 16th- century political theorist Étienne de la Boetie, anarchist Emma Goldman, economist Per Bylund, and Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.
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