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Peter Talbot
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OMG. I am halfway through the Introduction and already regretting picking up this door-stopper book. The author is effusive, fond of comma splices, terrifically knowledgeable, and I know he will teach me more than most on this subject. But the book needs an editor with a razor. Mr. Israel is trying to hard to be inclusive of the literature that the book is turgid to the max. Almost unreadable.
— Nov 13, 2021 06:19AM
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Peter Talbot
is on page 20 of 1088
OMG. I am halfway through the Introduction and already regretting picking up this door-stopper book. The author is effusive, fond of comma splices, terrifically knowledgeable, and I know he will teach me more than most on this subject. But the book needs an editor with a razor. Mr. Israel is trying so hard to be inclusive of the literature that the book is turgid to the max. Almost unreadable.
— Nov 13, 2021 06:20AM
