A review by chauf
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman

3.0

I expected more from this book than the author had to offer. Parts of it are very funny and probably typical for the life of a graduate student. Other parts of the books reminded me of fellow students who spend their time spitting out the names of famous literary theorists and critics and expect to be applauded by everybody who hears them.