![]() ![]() ![]() " sometimes makes his points too explicitly, and leans too hard on his ironies, so that we always know exactly what his scenes are getting at. Is that 'we must get in earlier, be shrewder and force the other side to practice the self-deception.' That, in my view, oversimplifies the problem a bit." He feels that, in the case of Vietnam perhaps, the remedies come a bit late in the day and that the lesson to be learned from it "As a good reporter, Halberstam does not offer any solutions but simply states his facts. As literature, it can be ranked high only in comparison As a first novel (which this is) it shows a high level of professional achievement. "As run-of-the- mine fiction, 'The Noblest Roman' makes good reading. David Halberstam talks with Bill Goldstein about "Playing for Keeps," (February 11, 1999).First Chapter: 'Playing for Keeps' (1999).Ira Berkow Reviews 'Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made' (January 31, 1999). ![]() Reviews of David Halberstam's Earlier Books. ![]()
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