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Title: ..."A Life" is a very suitable title for The Skeptic
Review: Like blind men explaining the form of an elephant to the touch, Teachout has shown that one man can't possibly accomplish the task of disecting Mencken. I have read a few of Mencken's work and was hoping this book would shed more light on the man, the word, and the music that sprang to paper. All I got was a dark, tedious, and unsatisfying work that I had hoped would act as a catalyst allowing me to enjoy Mencken's craft/content/output even more. I'll stick with reading more Mencken. Hunter S. Thompson was probably a mean, cranky, reclusive loud mouth - and much like Mencken, I don't think a biography on HST would ever be as satisfying as enjoying the man and his craft on it's own merit.
