Falling Flat

It isn't a certain plea for mercy, but my efforts at the Richard Powers have slowed, part of out a frustration at not finding traction and also at the spiel of dialogue which continues to confound me.

I have read a great deal in Niall Ferguson's The War of the World which I admit to enjoying, though its unique thesis is then layered with a narrative survey of 20C bad behavior. I don't have anything on the horizon at the moment: we shall see.