Collected Essays 1944-2000.
This is a stunning collection of writing. The essays cover a huge number of topics with writing that is effortless to read. The skill you must have to possess to create writing that is so easy to read.
There are 43 essays, my favourites are the first " A Boy Grew in Brooklyn' which is a reminiscence of his boyhood.
"The Night Ed Murrow Struck Back" where TV presenter Ed Murrow help to destroy the odious creature Joseph McCarthy..
"The Pure in Heart Need No Lawyers ", about Sid Shapiro an American who lived in China from the early forties. Even though he was of the left Miller sees through and writes about the blind adherence to a political philosophy by Shapiro even when faced with facts debunking his arguments for Communist China.
Great stuff, Miller was so much more than a playwright,this stuff is beautiful to read.
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