The Electric Windmill: An Inadvertent Autobiography

by Tom Bethell

Essays discuss the Kennedy assassination, Eric Hoffer, the Soviet Union, homosexuality, AIDS, the Jonestown tragedy, evolution, and American politics

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1988

About the author

Tom Bethell is a senior editor at the American Spectator. He has contributed to many publications, including the New York Times magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Crisis, and National Review. He writes often on science. Tom Wolfe has called Bethell “one of our most brilliant essayists.”

Bethell was born and raised in England and graduated from Oxford University in 1962 with a degree in philosophy, physiology, and psychology. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Reviews

[J Chad · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terribly disappointing