Review
Paul West author of" OK: The Corral, the Earps, and Doc Holliday" Andrea Dworkin has a tart, existential, well-stocked mind gifted at disagreeing. Here she "agrees" with many commentators, sweeping their "aperus" into a savage indictment that will shock and enlighten. Her subject is misogyny, her canvas planetary, her stance indignant. There are fascinating, painful saliences on every page, and her commentary on the God of the Jews ('wrath and terror'), prostitution in Auschwitz, and etymology in general is outstanding. Her only omission is the case of Royal Air Force pilots who, rather than fly against Jews in the time of Suez, retracted their wheels on the tarmac. A belligerent, poised book full of mercy.
Synopsis
Explores the hatred of women and Jews throughout history, drawing on history, literature, philosophy, and politics to elucidate the misogyny and anti-Semitism of the last millennium.