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A review by kingarooski
The Long Take by Robin Robertson
4.0
"We're back to circling the wagons
This is our fear of 'the other'
- Indians, blacks, Mexicans, Communists, Muslims, whatever -
America has to have its monsters,
so we can zone them, segregate them,
if possible, shoot them.
They call this patriotism, Nativism,
but it's racialism, pure and simple. And paranoia." p. 109
Beautifully rhythmic account of a man's struggle with his ghosts in a country in the midst of change. Walker's PTSD accompanies him like his shadow, always there and affects his post-war life. He is unable to go back to the life he had in Canada before the war and lives in New York before moving to Los Angeles.
This is our fear of 'the other'
- Indians, blacks, Mexicans, Communists, Muslims, whatever -
America has to have its monsters,
so we can zone them, segregate them,
if possible, shoot them.
They call this patriotism, Nativism,
but it's racialism, pure and simple. And paranoia." p. 109
Beautifully rhythmic account of a man's struggle with his ghosts in a country in the midst of change. Walker's PTSD accompanies him like his shadow, always there and affects his post-war life. He is unable to go back to the life he had in Canada before the war and lives in New York before moving to Los Angeles.