James Lasdun's Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked
After reading an excerpt of this in the Chronicle of Higher Ed, I knew I wanted to read this intriguing memoir about a writer/professor who is stalked and harassed by a former student in a monumentally creepy way. So imagine my surprise when it also turned out to be a memoir about the author's Judaism (and a little bit about his father, apparently a well-known architect). There's also an artery running through the story dealing with Gawain and the Green Knight. Very compelling stuff all around, and I hope some of the author's demons were exorcised by writing this, but I admit to being a little worried for his safety now! Don't worry, he addresses issues about it only being his side of the story, etc. B+.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on Tuesday.
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