Book completed

Structuralism and Poststructuralism for Beginners, by Donald D. Palmer. This “graphic non-fiction” book (described within as a “documentary comic book”) was a good way to review my acquaintance with these thinkers (and to learn more about Derrida, about whom I didn’t know much before). I think it would also be a fine book for people who don’t already know much about these people. Based on this book and my earlier acquaintance with them, here’s my ranking of the six thinkers from most to least sensible: Derrida, Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Saussure, Barthes (who might rank higher if he were more consistent), Lacan.

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The Black Wolf, by Louise Penny. Inspector Gamache #20. This book, a direct sequel to The Grey Wolf, had all the usual characters and features of the other Inspector Gamache books – less time in Three Pines than some, so less time with our cozy favorites, but more thrilling developments in the halls of power. I quite enjoyed it and read it all in two evenings, which was just about perfect. Penny kept us waiting to find out who the real “Black Wolf” was until the final pages.