I've read all four of Robert's "review" titles now - NEW CRITICAL IDIOM, PALGRAVE HISTORY, SIBILANT FRICATIVE, and now this. I can't imagine how Roberts can read and write so much while balancing a family (with kids), his job as a professor of literature, writing his own novels, stories, and non-fiction, and reading (by his count) three books a week.
Anyway, it's a decent read, perhaps a little more engaging for me than FRICATIVE b/c it showed me his whole year rather than cherry-picking his favorite reviews over a longer period. I especially enjoyed the personal reviews from his notebooks, the quarter-page reviews written for himself and not intended for publication.
I don't agree this is a $20 title but the Kindle version at $4.99 is just right and as I write this, it's available in Kindle Unlimited; you can't argue with free.
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- Jerold CReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2017
Some times a bit too pleased with himself but knows what he's talking about
