One Damn Thing After Another by William Barr
I’ve been reading One Damn Thing After Another by William P. Barr (or as I refer to it: “one damn page after another”) since June 9th; July 10th I was halfway through it, finishing it August 21. The audiobook is 22 hours long, and I contemplated why such long biographies weren’t published in smaller volumes, such as two eleven hour audiobooks. I believe the reason is the sales of subsequent volumes might be significantly lower than the first one, so from that standpoint, better to cram it all into one product to market. Barr’s high school goal was to specialize in China during his post secondary academic study and become head of the CIA. When his first child Mary was born with a heart issue requiring surgery, the quality of health insurance caused him to seek employment in a law firm. My favorite parts of this book were those about his childhood, the discussion of death sentencing, his in depth discussion of the 2020 George Floyd incident and its nationwide aftermath,...