iddcutie reviewed Palo Alto by Malcolm Harris
Malcolm Harris needs an editor
3 stars
This book could have been honed down by a huge margin. I do not understand why one would even include a footnote if it takes up half the page. While a lot of the information in this book is enlightening, there are way too many digressions, which again, are informative, but take away from what Harris is trying to achieve overall, in building a concise historiography of Palo Alto. This is especially apparent in the middle of the book, where at times it seems like Harris is grasping at straws to connect his tangents to his main thesis. The beginning and the end of the book are the main highlights, and I think make it worth a read, even though they too could use some shedding.
Don't be afraid to skip some sections.