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AoSHQ EXCLUSIVE: Scott Beauchamp's Book, Revealed! »
August 06, 2007
AoSHQ EXCLUSIVE: Scott Beauchamp's Book, Revealed!
I made fun of Ross Douthat and Jonathan Chait for suggesting that Scott Beauchamp's embellishments were similar to the comical exaggerations in David Sedaris' books about his goofy childhood, such as Me Talk Pretty One Day -- just harmless and quite understandable "sweetenings" of the tale for dramatic effect. Certainly nothing to get too worked up about, surely! I mean -- if David Sedaris can make his childhood seem crazier and sillier than it really was, why can't Scott Beaucamp do the same for his Iraq dispatches?
I must now apologize for criticizing these men for this comparison.
Boy, is my face red! It turns out they were exactly right! Beauchamp's embellishments and fabrications are precisely like David Sedaris'!
Thanks to someone I only know as "site admin" from Jessica's Well for slipping me that exclusive galley version of the cover.