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Isaiah Berlin's Forgotten Gem,
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This review is from: Tinker's Leave (Paperback)
I picked up this book after reading somewhere that Isaiah Berlin (he of the famous fox/hedgehog dichotomy and the two-freedoms essay) cited this as a neglected work. I can certainly see why Berlin, an expatriate Russian ensconced in England, would take particular delight in the roman a clef escapades of the novel's protagonist, Miles Consterdine, a nebbishy young Englishman who on a lark decides to explore pre-revolution Russian society (as well as take a peak at the Russo-Japanese war in Manchuria). Be warned that this book's plot is highly episodic (i.e., not structured) since it is little more than the tarted-up real-life experiences of the author. I don't care much for well-crafted plots (hence my love of Charles Dickens) so that doesn't bother me. The book is engaging and not a chore to read. Further, it contains sketches of several memorable minor characters (a la Dickens). I realize this might not sound like much of a recommendation--but, given the alternatives, it is.
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Tinker's Leave by Maurice Baring (Paperback - January 1, 2001)
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