Title: This emperor has no clothes
Product review: Wow--did I read the same book the reviewers read? "Don't the Moon Look Lonesome" just earned the dubious honor of worst book our book group has read in over ten years. Crouch's thin and unconvincing portrayals of Max and Carla reflect a deeply rooted racism that would be unacceptable coming from any white author, and dropping a few names into the mix doesn't make it a book about the jazz scene. The "Don't the Moon Look Lonesome" that I read is misogynistic, homophobic, and profoundly antisemitic. To top it all off, Crouch's prowess as a journalistic writer isn't reflected here: his prose is alternately turgid and cliched, the book rambles badly, and it takes him far too long to say what he has to say--he could easily have offended as many people in half the number of pages. Where was this man's editor?
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