The Gang That Wouldn’t Write Straight [clank]

The Gang That Wouldn’t Write Straight - Review - Books - New York Times:

In “The Gang That Wouldn’t Write Straight,” his survey of what used to warrant the name New Journalism, Marc Weingarten demonstrates two things clearly. The first: there is no substitute for reading the classics of this genre firsthand. The second: the writers who are commonly lumped together in this category didn’t have that much in common after all.

It’s always a bit said when an author choose a title that goes “clank.” THE GANG THAT WOULDN’T WRITE STRAIGHT just isn’t a euphonius play on “the gang that couldn’t shoot straight.” The author’s tin ear is, alas, a fatal flaw in a book that’s about innovative writing.

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