A review by evewithanapple
Bloodbath Nation by Paul Auster

reflective sad

4.0

Paul Auster is one of the rare authors who can expound on just about any subject and make his thoughts worth reading, even if he's not contributing any original ideas to the conversation. "Bloodbath Nation" is really more of a personal essay than a book - I would be surprised if it clocked in at any higher than fourty thousand words, and a not-insignificant amount of page space is taken by photos that don't add much to the overall effect. And Auster is not really offering any analysis of or suggestions about gun violence that have not been raised many times before. But he's eloquent enough that his reflections are still worth reading, even if all you get from them is a moment of quiet contemplation. I'm glad I read it.