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Europe Central

A generation before, the Iron Chancellor had observed: I've always found the word Europe on the lips of those statesmen who want something from a foreign power which they would never venture to ask for in their own name.

That is from William Vollman's Europe Central, which just won the National Book Award for Non-Fiction [correction: Fiction]. The Amazon reviews make it sound daunting, but so far (p.32) it is great fun. If you're reading it, add your opinion in the comments.

Posted by Tyler Cowen on November 17, 2005 at 05:51 PM in Books, Political Science | Permalink

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Comments

I am confused. You say it won an award for non-fiction, but the Amazon page seems to refer to the book as a novel. can you help straighten me out.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at Nov 17, 2005 9:57:40 PM

It won the fiction prize: http://www.nationalbook.org/

Posted by: dave at Nov 18, 2005 5:33:09 AM

I'm just amazed that Vollmann is still around -- I thought _The Royal Family_ would finish him off for sure.

Posted by: sammler at Nov 18, 2005 11:09:37 AM

I have always wanted to like Vollman's stuff, but have found it relatively inpenetrable. (This is from a Pynchon fan.) But maybe I need to give him another shot.

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