[lbo-talk] What are you reading now?

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I'm reading Gary Schteyngart's Absurdistan right now. It's kinda good, if
you can get past the main character's intense self-loathing, which manifests
itself mainly in extensive descriptions of his mangled penis. Then there's
the fictionalized author, which is more of a distraction than anything else.
However, these things happen against the backdrop of Putin's Russia and the
U.S. post 9/11. I wish there were longer passages to describe those things.

Having said all that, this is probably the 2nd most disappointing read that
came highly recommended from New York Times Review of Books. [The most
annoying was the infrequently entertaining Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson
Whitehead.]

Has anyone read Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq?

Cheers,
J T.