52 Books, Week 9: No Longer at Ease AKA Hiatus

Looks like we've hit a bad run over here at the generalists show. Going to vegas for the weekend will do that to you. Ho hum. Seems like the truism about working together has become true, "When everybody is responsible for something, nobody is".

For those that missed it, here is the scariest article i've ever read. If you aren't intimately familiar with the issues that black men face (especially poor black men), they're located here to make your acquaintance.

Anyway, back to business:

No Longer at Ease was a good read, and a nice way to break up the monotony of a couple sociological texts. I read Things Fall Apart 6 years ago, and should have re-read it before this one, but even by itself its a very interesting look at Nigerian society circa 1970. The characters are engaging, but even more interesting is the way that Achebe effortlessly describes the dissonance resulting from generational change and society upheaval. Holler at it.