[lbo-talk] War Nerd's very contrarian position on Laurent

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 2 11:12:12 PST 2008


He writes a lot like Dolan and they both seem to have the same affection for Phillip K. Dick. And they both really hate Britain. I think he's Dolan.

--- On Tue, 12/2/08, James Straub <rustbeltjacobin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> He's such a remarkable essayist, I've spent an
> embarrassing amount of internet time reading everything I
> can find on the subject of his actual identity. It seems
> pretty clear he's John Dolan. Right? I've read
> some of Dolan's other stuff, it's not quite as
> great, but it's pretty good. He recently wrote
> something for the new exile about a recent bout of extreme
> poverty he and his wife faced, it was a spectacular piece.
> Really don't understand why he and the War Nerd
> don't have a higher profile in the writing world. If I
> was Harpers I'd be banging his door down with offers.
>
>



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