A review by kevinsmokler
Forty-One False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers by Janet Malcolm

4.0

Could have used another edit as there's at least three essays here that are giants (60 pages or more) that throw the collection out of balance (most of the other pieces are around 12-15 pages). But Janet Malcolms eye and prose-- piercing, probing, curious, and singular-- makes just about anything she writes beautiful. And a little scary.