PRELUDE
In which the critic expounds on the Very Serious Person and introduces their king
INTRODUCTION (ADAM II)
In which we find the place where most of the author's acolytes started skimming
CHAPTER 1 (THE SHIFT)
In which the author and the publisher struggle with the concept of accuracy
CHAPTER 2 (THE SUMMONED SELF)
In which the author introduces his belief that one cannot be both a successful person and a good person, and the critic points out the author's laziness
CHAPTER 3 (SELF-CONQUEST)
In which the author discovers, quite by happenstance, that spineless equivocation is actually a virtue
CHAPTER 4 (STRUGGLE)
In which the author, fresh from being pampered and catered to, discovers the virtue of suffering
CHAPTER 5 (SELF-MASTERY)
In which the author "discovers" that obedience to authority is a good thing
CHAPTER 6 (DIGNITY)
In which the author borrows and borrows and borrows
CHAPTER 7 (LOVE)
In which the author tries to understand this thing the hu-mans call...love
CHAPTER 8 (ORDERED LOVE)
In which the author learns that all of you are living your lives wrong
CHAPTER 9 (SELF-EXAMINATION)
In which the critic is just about done with this shit
CHAPTER 10 (THE BIG ME) (Part I, Part II, Part III)
In which the author exposes his ignorance of the common man, wags his finger at the Kids These Days and reaches a conclusion that's not a conclusion
POSTLUDE
In which the critic is formally done with this shit
THE BROOKS BIOPSY - ON PARADISE DRIVE
In which the author hasn't changed his tune since 2004
Just wanted to say thank you for this. It can't have been easy delving into the workings of as shallow a mind as his. But thank you for this.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I do have some very misguided pride in being one of the few people who actually read the whole thing (check out the praise and criticism, it's all from either the first fifty pages or the last thirty).
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