Ron Suskind’s latest has somewhat a simple title: The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism, but according to the NYT:
“Amid the intense and vivid storytelling here, Mr. Suskind takes many risks and not all succeed; the book will be criticized for sentimentality and a kind of wide-eyed, communal optimism that are easy to ridicule. Still, the reporting is solid and often sublime: one doesn’t have to believe entirely that Benazir Bhutto, twice Pakistan’s prime minister, twice deposed, was “evolving, in public” and “creating a powerful counterpoint to bin Laden’s saga of violence and salvation” to find Mr. Suskind’s account of her last campaign chilling and powerful.”
The product description notes:
“From Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation's struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends.
From the White House to Downing Street, from the fault-line countries of South Asia to the sands of Guantánamo, Suskind offers an astonishing story that connects world leaders to the forces waging today's shadow wars and to the next generation of global citizens.
Tracking down truth and hope within the Beltway and far beyond it, Suskind delivers
Published by Harper, the full NYT review can be found here .
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