Harvey Mansfield on Mysteries, Wodehouse, Wilson, Churchill, and Swift

Conversations with Bill Kristol
26/09/2016 1h 18min
Harvey Mansfield on Mysteries, Wodehouse, Wilson, Churchill, and Swift

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In his tenth conversation with Bill Kristol, Harvey Mansfield recommends some important and diverting books from different genres. Mansfield discusses crime fiction, comedic novels, biographies, and political science and considers what we can learn from the best writers in these genres. Mansfield also interprets Jonathan Swift’s "Gulliver’s Travels" as a critique of modern science. Other authors discussed include: Bill James, Agatha Christie, Donald Westlake, P.G. Wodehouse, James Q. Wilson, and Winston Churchill.

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