A review by erboe501
Hothouse: The Art of Survival and the Survival of Art at America's Most Celebrated Publishing House, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux by Boris Kachka

3.0

I started this book over a year ago and put it aside for more lively books. At the time, I was rather bored, and I had trouble keeping track of the names. This time around, I kept up with who's who better. (But I think Kachka assumes too much of his readers. I would've appreciated more appellations and more frequent usage of first and last names instead of just last names.)

Kachka never endeared me to Roger Straus, the looming, magnetic center of the house. Straus honestly sounds like a sexist, overbearing, conceited man.

Regardless, I did learn more about the publishing industry. I still haven't decided if that knowledge makes me more eager or hesitant to join in.