A review by catpdx
Pages from the Goncourt Journals by Jules de Goncourt, Edmond de Goncourt

4.0

I'm reading through a selection of Geoff Dyer's essays and ran into this one on the Goncourts:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/dec/09/featuresreviews.guardianreview27

It does express well what makes a collection that should be insufferable so compelling. I wouldn't want to hang out with the brothers Goncourt, but reading from the outside is great fun.