PrintNovember 13, 2010
Poor Lenin's Almanac
There's a problem with unique books, books that don't fit any particular niche or category. Because of this, they can get lost amid the flood of the average and the conventional. Bruce Walker's Poor Lenin's Almanac: Perverse Leftist Proverbs for Modern Life is a unique book. As such, it should not be missed.The concept behind Poor Lenin is one that you can be certain you have not seen before, no matter how many books on the left you may have read. Instead of attacking the left, its mentality, and its preconceptions head-on by way of dates, the historical record, and ideological analysis, Walker has instead chosen an oblique approach. With Benjamin Franklin's original work as a model, he utilizes a series of twisted maxims representing typical leftist ways of thinking to present us with a much clearer map of the leftist psyche than we might otherwise see.The "maxims" are derived from various sources -- some from classical folk sayings, some from pop culture, some from...(Read Full Article)
