Screeds

A timely trio of scorching texts against evil corruption and political insanity from the author of The Piano Teacher

In Screeds, the adamantine, acerbic wit that won Jelinek the Nobel Prize is on full display. On the Royal Road, written three weeks after Trump’s first election, is “a screed of outrage at the political, economic, and cultural forces that have brought us to an unprecedented—and for many, unimaginable—moment of crisis for modern democracy. Mr. Trump is never mentioned by name, ...