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What I've Been Reading
1. Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of the Byrds' Gene Clark, by John Einarson. I loved this book though partly for idiosyncratic reasons. Failed creative wonders make for memorable stories plus of course I saw Clark perform many times. There are many ways to kill yourself and this book outlines one of them.
2. Alvin Rabushka, Taxation in Colonial America. I'm not actually reading it, it's just sitting here, intimidating me with its length. It looks very good but you're reading a blogger long fixated upon Gene Clark.
3. Irish Food & Cooking, by Biddy White Lennon [a great name to write a book like this, no?] and Georgina Campbell. Don't laugh, this book is a revelation. It's selling on Amazon for $49.95 and in the front of my Borders for $5.99. If you need to start taking Irish cooking seriously, this is step #1.
4. Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence and the Poverty of Nations, by Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel. This is a very good summary of what is known about corruption.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on July 21, 2008 at 03:03 PM in Books | Permalink
Comments
I'm Irish and never heard of it. And I cook, a lot. But I'm going to scour the frickin planet for it now. Most Irish start with the Ballymaloe Cookbook.
Posted by: Sebastian Flyte at Jul 21, 2008 3:31:57 PM
How do you keep track of what book you want to read? My list can get so out of hand. GoodReads is a start but kind of clunky. I've been using Books I Am Reading as a light weight solution.
Posted by: Stefan Hayden at Jul 21, 2008 3:35:28 PM
I don't like the fact how the title of the gene clark biography is taken from a song which clark didn't write. I also don't like the fact that, when all is said and done, no one really knows what 'Mr Tambourine Man' is actually about. I'm sure the book is interesting though.
Posted by: Andrew at Jul 21, 2008 8:13:30 PM
I found a list of books shortlisted for the Indiaplaza golden quill awards. Look into this you may find a few good ones. Also would like to share this with you that Indiaplaza is organising a award ceremony called the IndiaPlaza Golden Quill Award and it is to recognize and encourage Indian writing.
Posted by: Akash at Jul 22, 2008 4:00:13 AM
Economic gangsters looks great, but it isn't out till September. Is there a way to get a copy?
Posted by: Matt at Jul 22, 2008 8:15:34 AM
the last one - has it been released
Posted by: ismail at Jul 22, 2008 9:54:38 AM
Have been reading a bunch of books written by Indian writers. The books are not translated, They are written in English.I've ignored this section of lit for so long, now I wonder why. Have been reading Usha K R , Advaita Kala, Ravi Subramanian. They're relatively new and they are good. Usha also has won awards for her work. Hope she wins the other one she's nominated in too. The Indiaplaza Golden Quill.I think she deserves it.
Posted by: Sushumna at Aug 22, 2008 5:44:07 AM
