One of my best friends/mentors is an intelligent, kindhearted family man who hates public speaking. He will be the first to tell you that as soon as he starts talking publicly, he blacks out. The end result is something between Michael Scott explaining his leadership strategy and Chris Farley interviewing Paul McCartney. This book, using that voice, summarizes fifteen pieces of classic Western literature. The end result is a clever, enjoyable stroll through the history of great books.  In chronological order, Nagan truncates each of […]