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Interesting piece at NPR: Four Books To Help You Master Chicago Politics. Mike Royko's classic Boss is one of them, of course, but the real surprise is Alex Kotlowitz's brilliant There Are No Children Here, which is one of the best Chicgo books I've ever read. Boss and the other two books deal heavily in the familiar territory of clout and corruption, but Kotlowitz shows what life is like for those who are unfortunate enough to fall outside of that privileged realm - which, sadly, is the majority of the city's population.
June 26, 2012 in Books, Chicago Observations | Permalink
