Phillip Buckner puts Gwyn's Macdonald in his place

If you've been following the journalistic gravy train that has trailed behind Richard Gwyn's much talked about two volume biography of John A Macdonald, then you should read a great new review of the books.

I say 'great' but I doubt Gwyn would see it this way. In his exquisitely precise review, Phillip Buckner explains exactly why Gwyn's volume is really not, as the publicity people have it, a volume for our times. It's a painful but delicious read,the kind of review that doesn't just criticize; it teaches.

See it here.