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I'm in the middle of the biography of Robert Moses, "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro and just finished re-reading "A Portrait of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. A

by mmmpop 9y ago

I'm in the middle of the biography of Robert Moses, "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro and just finished re-reading "A Portrait of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. As a fairly successful yuppie that came from Not A Whole Lot, it's really knocked me down a few pegs and made me realize that being a pompous ass about my exercised social mobility isn't all that special.

dave_sullivan 9y ago
> "A Portrait of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde Don't you mean "The Picture of Dorian Gray"? (Google it, it's Picture but everyone says Portrait for some reason)
- unfunco 9y ago
  I've known people to confuse the title with a portrait of the artist as a young man, by Joyce.
- mmmpop 9y ago
  Whoops I did mean that!
travmatt 9y ago
>I'm in the middle of the biography of Robert Moses, "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro If you're finding you're learning a lot through that book, I'd also recommend Caro's series on LBJ. It's utterly fascinating and a vivid analysis of political public power.