"I think among the political leaders currently operating in um europe and especially since we're speaking shortly after the whole brexit vote," she says. "She's uh probably underrated so herman maelvilleUm probably also underrated i i i we're agreeing on on all these so far, if you're curious."
Michael Orthofer, one of the world’s most prolific book reviewers, joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on — what else? — books. Read to discover why Michael believes everyone should read more fiction, how we should choose books, why American popular literature is overrated, what he thinks about authors like Herman Melville, Fyoder Dostoevsky, Goethe, J.K. Rowling, Arno Schmidt, and many others, his recommendations for the best sites for readers, why studying literature at college was such a big disappointment, how much book covers matter, and why his opinion will never be the final word.
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