Marco Rubio's book is a work of surpassing laziness, possessed of the aimless, discursive prose of someone remembering what his original point was after concluding a digression he suddenly remembered he wanted to make.
He offers a digression about the Protestant work ethic, and why that is a fiction behind which lurks anti-Catholic prejudice.
Or will it prove to be no more than a dazzling digression for its troubled maker?
Somewhat distressingly, the general principle also appears to be replicated in the recent move to drop mortgage rates to warm up the housing market, but that's another digression entirely.The motive behind GMAC's decision is clear.
After cantering through swindles, murders, bombs and the murky intrigues of Kremlin politics, the reader suddenly, on page 201, reaches an interesting historical-philosophical digression, on the lack of ethical transcendence in Russian intellectual history.
But with 9%-plus annual growth rates, you can start to believe in miracles.Back to top >>ThursdayTHE talkfest has been a pleasurable digression from my main purpose in travelling to Asia.
For Mr Franzen the central question is whether people really have a right to the pursuit of happiness when much of the rest of the world lives in misery.But what makes "Freedom" such a joy to read is not the digression into conservation, but the many-layered analysis of the Berglunds' marriage.
Mr Dudley implicitly defends America's lax fiscal policy for the same reason: smaller budget deficits would have led to higher unemployment and lower inflation.[A digression: The views of the Fed and its critics may be converging.
His jokes, his quarrelsomeness and his weakness for digression are a drawback.
References to witness relocation programmes and terrorist cells give the book a modern twist.Mr Mailer's style has grown more padded and voluminous over the years as his subject matter has taken him further away from what he knows, and the novel smacks of digression at times.
So is the 500 a dazzling digression, or confirmation that Fiat is back?
