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A review by hopeevey
Certitude: A Profusely Illustrated Guide to Blockheads and Bullheads, Past and Present by Adam Begley
1.0
The jacket text for this book suggests that it will be funny, and show the dangers of clinging to an idea in the face of contradictory evidence. It fails on both counts, at least for me.
I suspect the authors assumed all that the readers would find a kind of point-and-laugh humor in each tiny biography, just as he did. I didn't really see it, but it was the best I could figure he was going for. This book might be more amusing to someone with the authors sense of humor. I just found it sad.
I was also disappointed to see no references, no bibliography, no evidence of why the author is so certain his take on each person is accurate.
I suspect the authors assumed all that the readers would find a kind of point-and-laugh humor in each tiny biography, just as he did. I didn't really see it, but it was the best I could figure he was going for. This book might be more amusing to someone with the authors sense of humor. I just found it sad.
I was also disappointed to see no references, no bibliography, no evidence of why the author is so certain his take on each person is accurate.