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“Appropriately Venomous”

Brian Cook

That's how I described Daniel Brook's prose style in my review of The Trap. I'd say the same description applies to his review of Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms in the latest Nation. Go read it. It's priceless.

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Brian Cook was an editor at In These Times from 2003 to 2009. He now works on the editorial staff of Playboy magazine.
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