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A review by socraticgadfly
Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today by Craig McNamara
challenging
fast-paced
2.75
First, the title is a bit weird. There's in reality only one father, singular, under discussion.
Second, I'm with other reviewers in noting Craig doesn't look at the family financial privilege that sent him to Stanford, let him traverse Latin America on a bike, etc., and helped him buy his farm.
Third, he doesn't look at what McNamara might have done wrong at the World Bank in promoting global neoliberalism.
Fourth, he seems very detached from himself in some ways. As much as his dad was from him (and from his own self).
This isn't bad, but, it's a revelation on Craig McNamara's relationship with himself as much as with Bob. And, it's not that long.
Second, I'm with other reviewers in noting Craig doesn't look at the family financial privilege that sent him to Stanford, let him traverse Latin America on a bike, etc., and helped him buy his farm.
Third, he doesn't look at what McNamara might have done wrong at the World Bank in promoting global neoliberalism.
Fourth, he seems very detached from himself in some ways. As much as his dad was from him (and from his own self).
This isn't bad, but, it's a revelation on Craig McNamara's relationship with himself as much as with Bob. And, it's not that long.