Film: Taking the Low Road

With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look at Misanthropy America’s unreconstructed people-hater gleefully separates the weak from the chaffing in this masterpiece on la vie misanthrope ranging from Timon of Athens to Ty Cobb. Zip open the body bags of King’s victims and you’ll find faux misanthropes (Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Andy Rooney), closet misanthropes (Richard Nixon), and a slew of humanitarian rabble. “The only trouble with this book is that its covers are too close together.” -New York Times $9.95/quality paperback.

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With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look at Misanthropy America’s unreconstructed people-hater gleefully separates the weak from the chaffing in this masterpiece on la vie misanthrope ranging from Timon of Athens to Ty Cobb. Zip open the body bags of King’s victims and you’ll find faux misanthropes (Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Andy Rooney), closet misanthropes (Richard Nixon), and a slew of humanitarian rabble. “The only trouble with this book is that its covers are too close together.” -New York Times $9.95/quality paperback.

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