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Ron Charles’ Hip Franzen Review

By Matt Jakubowski ⋅ September 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
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This much-linked video review of “Freedom” shows Ron Charles in fine form, being about as level-headed as one can be about Franzen, a talented author with boundless ego. Charles’ text review, which begins with a look at Franzen’s use of poo in fiction, is also very good. And for those who haven’t yet seen Charles’ acceptance speech at the 2008 NBCC Awards, for the Nona Balakian Citation, I recommend it as well.

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