I agree. Stuart's book spends a lot of time on the syntax and the constructs of the language while glossing over some of the details, and the idioms of the lang

I agree. Stuart's book spends a lot of time on the syntax and the constructs of the language while glossing over some of the details, and the idioms of the language. This book (at least from what I have read of it) is attempting to help you appreciate and align yourself with "the clojure way".