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Something That May Shock and Discredit You
by Daniel M. Lavery
3.75 stars. Some books I am not smart enough to get everything out of, and this is one of them! The Biblical allusions came fast and thick, and I feel like I caught most of those, but some of the pop culture (meditations on Columbo and Golden Girls) I did not have a good base of understanding for. However, I am a long-time fan of Daniel Lavery's -- from Slate.com's Dear Prudence advice column to (the best now-defunct website on the internet) The Toast, which was basically the most perfect website (some of the Movie Yelling mirrored my own opinions in ways that make me feel very deeply known) -- so I did enjoy reading this series of short essays, mostly focusing on the author's own transition experience. I really liked the Sir Gawain and the Green Knight essay, as well as the one of Jacob wrestling an angel of God, and the William Shatner one. I do feel a lot of this went over my head because the author is much better read than me :) ALSO THE ONE CHAPTER ABOUT THE EVELYN WAUGH AND THE BANANAS!!