{"id":28296,"date":"2020-11-30T16:21:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T20:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=28296"},"modified":"2020-12-02T16:35:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T20:35:01","slug":"paul-theroux-dietrologia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2020\/11\/30\/paul-theroux-dietrologia\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Theroux: “Dietrologia”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Dietrologia”<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Paul Theroux<\/span>
\nfrom the December 7, 2020 issue of\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"[fusion_dropcap boxed=”no” boxed_radius=”” class=”” id=”” color=”#003366″ text_color=””]I[\/fusion_dropcap]t feels like it’s been a while since we’ve had anything by Paul Theroux show up in The New Yorker. I’m a fan, so “Dietrologia” is most welcome.<\/p>\n

The story begins with an older man, Sal Frezzolini, sitting in a rocking chair telling a group of kids the following:<\/p>\n

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Listen, in the debris field otherwise known as my life, I recall one funny thing — but when I say funny I don\u2019t mean it was funny chuckle-chuckle. It was horrible and obvious, but I didn\u2019t have the capacity to see it then — that was a gift I\u00a0developed later.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Much like the children Sal is talking to, I am somewhat intrigued but lost at this point. Sal himself seems only partly present and admits to being confused.<\/p>\n

I have not finished the story yet. I am interested, but I had something else I needed to do at the time. I’ll be honest, I’m not as hooked as I hoped to be, but I’ll get back to it.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, please feel free to leave any thoughts you have below!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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