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Jun 05, 2019
The good, the bad and the ugly
Robert Moses was all three, often at the same time. The Power Broker is sometimes considered an exposé, but Caro is more than fair, gives credit to Moses for cutting through red tape, seeing public projects through that could never have been accomplished otherwise. I wish city planners today would build parks instead of allowing still more shopping centers to swallow up vacant land. The book is nothing if not scholarly and serious, but there is humor scattered here and there. Moses gets the last word, "Why weren't they grateful?" Incidentally I'm not sure Caro's world class writing is fully appreciated. If he had chosen a career as a novelist he would probably have rivaled O'Brian and Updike, and as they stand his books are packed with wonderfully turned (not clever) phraseology, drama, personality, insight, humanity.
May 11, 2018
No good goo
The tube does hold air, but first time riding a tiny puncture caused a flat tire. Goo is of no apparent benefit.
Oct 30, 2019
Victorian wealth, arrogance, humanity, satire
Multi-generational epic of a prominent London family focusing on the feud between cousins, the imperial, tortured barrister Soames and the gentle painter, Young Jolyon. Supporting characters are equally fulfilling. Wonderful acting and dialog, This series stands side-by-side with the later BBC production, but continues an extra ten years as the younger generation comes to terms with the emotional fallout.