A COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER: JUST SOME READINGS I HAVE ENJOYED LATELY

First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

THE RACE IS LONG

Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel (New York: Harper, 2008) ("'No race has ever been won in the first corner,' he said. 'But plenty of races have been lost there.' I looked at him. He reached out, settled his hand on the crown of my head, and scratched my ear like he has always done. 'That's right.' he said to me. 'If we're going to be a cliche, let's be a positive cliche.' Yes: the race is long--to finish first, first you must finish." Id. at 206.).