A review by benedettal
Two By Two: Tango, Two Step, and the L.A. Night by Eve Babitz

3.0

Eve Babitz is one exquisite non-fiction writer, but man you really have to be into ballroom dancing to really appreciate this book. She is great at convening her profound admiration of the art and its teachers, the LA scene and all, it’s very infectious. But this is to a certain extent to the detriment of a more didascalic narrative, whereby if you have no visual reference for these dances in mind, you won’t learn anything about them, other than how the teachers interviewed feel about them. So anyway, not for me but I can see its charm.