When you’re writing a book about the military, this critic thinks, you’ve got to be a great writer. You have got to know what you’re doing, and you have got to understand the shark-infested waters you’re swimming in. A bad book about the military will do one or several of the following things: 1) reduce [...]
Punching In
Nov. 14, 2007 Leave a Comment
Journalist Alex Frankel decided to get a real job. The writer spent two years working and learning frm the other side of the service counter, working as a UPS driver, properly folding shirts at the Gap, baristo-ing at Starbucks and hawking iPods at the Apple store. “Punching In” is the result, and it’s a book [...]
