Posted on 22/03/08
Smart ass
THE WISDOM OF DONKEYSFinding Tranquilityin a Chaotic WorldBy Andy MerrifieldGreyStone, 240 pages, $22.95Apart from its cuteness (a bookseller's dream) and the regrettable implication that donkeys, if they are indeed wise, would bother sharing their wisdom with the human race, the title of this book is a misguided trope on the order of The Discernment of Pigs or The Assertiveness of Hyenas ... or perhaps, more appropriately, The Grating Anthropomorphism of Writers in Thrall to Literary Trends.
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