Nader's New Novel

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Christopher Hayes

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Oct 23, 2009, 9:25:38 AM10/23/09
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Hey all. I'm back in the US after an incredible two week trip to Turkey. (More about that to come). Here's a review I wrote of Ralph Nader's lastest book, an 800-page novel called "Only the Super Rich Can Save Us." I wasn't a big fan.

http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Reviews-Essays/Only-the-Super-Rich-Can-Save-Us/ba-p/1582

"Ralph Nader begins his new book, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!, with an author's note that attempts to clarify any genre confusion the reader might have. "This book is not a novel," he announces. "Nor is it nonfiction. In the literary world, it might be described as a 'practical utopia.' " It's a smart clarification to offer because, by the aesthetic criteria of either of those two more common forms, it is a colossal, Hindenburgian disaster."


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