Comments on: Human Smoke reviewed by Colm Toibin http://cvillewords.com/2008/03/22/human-smoke-reviewed-by-colm-toibin/ Reading and writing in the heart of Virginia Fri, 25 May 2012 18:31:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brendan Wolfe http://cvillewords.com/2008/03/22/human-smoke-reviewed-by-colm-toibin/#comment-8874 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:44:27 +0000 http://cvillewords.wordpress.com/?p=940#comment-8874 I thought Toibin was an interesting, even odd choice to review Baker’s book — although no more odd than it was for Baker to choose to write it in the first place. I would have expected the NYTBR to hand “Human Smoke” to a historian like John Keegan. Instead, they give it to Toibin, who has no choice but to approach “Human Smoke” as one would any piece of literature.

Unreasonable, I know, but I would have loved two reviews: one by Keegan and one by Toibin. Absent that, I may be forced to read the thing myself!

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