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Dec. 19th, 2008 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoReading this week's New Yorker from the mailbox, I'm pleased to report they've put online this "Personal History" by Zadie Smith -- "Dead Man Laughing".
It's quite a read, whether as a reminiscence of Smith's father, a history (and genealogy) of British humor, a memory of her brother becoming a comic on his own, or a reflection on what sounds like a hellacious case of writer's block while ensconced in Rome.
Heartily recommended.
It's quite a read, whether as a reminiscence of Smith's father, a history (and genealogy) of British humor, a memory of her brother becoming a comic on his own, or a reflection on what sounds like a hellacious case of writer's block while ensconced in Rome.
Heartily recommended.
