Robert Fisk

The cover review in this week's NYTBR astonished me, a vast history and appraisal of the Middle East laced with autobiography and an anti-american stance: how fascinating! The tome's excessive size (1300 pages, I think) was also an enticement. Time will tell whether the book floats my direction, I have serious doubts that our local library will order such a volume, though I long to be surprised.