A review by checkyoshelf
Granta 108: Chicago by John Freeman

5.0

I loved this edition of Granta. I know that it is only because I am from Chicago and therefore I get it. I know who and where they are talking about. I can imagine the street intersections and know all the politicians on a first name basis. As a product of the Chicago Public School Systems, it's a necessity to graduate. It just irks me a bit that I know Granta doesn't get it. There is so much more than what's between these covers. Chicago is much more than poverty, housing projects, drunken irish people, corruption and crime. It touches on the huge diversity we maintain but only touches. It says there's more behind a city than it's city center. Maybe that's the point. But Chicago is more than it's crime. That's all.