A review by wrensleyreads
Joe Gould's Teeth by Jill Lepore

fast-paced

2.25

This book reads like someone typed up a wall of post it notes of various sizes.  The author frequently walks right up to an incredibly interesting thread, flags it, and then turns around and walks out.  I've never read a book and left with functionally zero gained experience, though, to be fair, my stress level is slightly higher, so maybe that counts.  

As to the thesis...does Gould's manuscript exist? The author admits at least twice, referencing two different opportunities

to investigate directly and, like the journalist Mitchell she takes shots at over and over, she admits she just didn't dig anymore.

Overall, the entire book is amateurish, unfocused, and I deeply regretting giving it the time of day.