
Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Obama’s Inaugural Stealth; Guantánamo by Foot; the Sad Truth About Benjamin Button
Jonathan Raban, a British novelist and travel writer surveying the political landscape of the United States from his adopted home of Seattle, wrote some of the sharpest commentary on the presidential election. He continues his run of excellent essays with a canny reading of President Obama’s Inaugural Address in the Jan. 24 Guardian. He Read More