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Powertown, by Michael Lind (HarperCollins, 272pp., $23)

‘WHAT is written with ease is seldom read with pleasure,” said Samuel Johnson. “Make haste slowly,” said Augustus Caesar. “If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well,” said your mother. Pick any old saw from the haste/waste school of thought and you will have an apt description of Michael Lind’s problem. Somebody should take away his laptop and give him a quill.

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Powertown, by Michael Lind (HarperCollins, 272pp., $23)

‘WHAT is written with ease is seldom read with pleasure,” said Samuel Johnson. “Make haste slowly,” said Augustus Caesar. “If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well,” said your mother. Pick any old saw from the haste/waste school of thought and you will have an apt description of Michael Lind’s problem. Somebody should take away his laptop and give him a quill.