Great And Unfortunate Fabrications

Great And Unfortunate Fabrications Authored by Roger Kimball via American Greatness, Jason Arday should ask for a cover charge. His entertainment value is that splendid. For the last couple of weeks, the "youngest ever black professor" at the University of Cambridge has been a nearly ubiquitous and nonstop source of hilarity. The proximate catalyst for the comedy is the imminent publication of Great and Unfortunate Things, co-written with the "book doctor" Eve Claxton. It is due out on August 11 from Simon & Schuster. Amazon lists it as an "Editor's Pick" of "Best Biographies & Memories." "A story of resilience, dignity, and the extraordinary power of those who hold steady for us when we cannot yet hold steady for ourselves,"...

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