Frank Bajak Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Peter MatthiessenFrank BajakJust finished reading Peter Matthiessen’s “The Cloud Forest” and who should appear at the end of it: Ginsberg. Naturally, he was in Peru for drugs. Ayahuasca. With Burroughs. 1961. https://t.co/k0zndPazy9
Paperback, 1987
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Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Hernan DiazFrank BajakA damn fine book. Literature centered around something so vital and yet so intentionally obscured. An exquisite peel of the onion of high finance gamesmanship. Henry James meets Michael Lewis.
Paperback, 2023
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Imperium
Ryszard KapuscinskiFrank BajakMakes one wonder if the Germans will decide to remove the Soviet-era memorials in Berlin. Treptow is massive. Spent an afternoon touring it with Ryszard Kapuscinski when his "Imperium" came out. https://t.co/ld2NWJTiuv https://t.co/t85xHxJ2dZ
Paperback, 1995
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Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
Andy GreenbergFrank BajakLots of great detail in "Tracers In The Dark" by @a_greenberg. I especially enjoyed the Dutch cybercops wrestling with running a dark-web marketplace. My review: https://t.co/85HroeRmpP
Paperback, 2024
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A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back
Bruce SchneierFrank BajakMy review of "A Hacker's Mind," out today by @schneierblog. It's an easily digestible, mind-opening treatise on how hacking exacerbates inequality and what we can do about it. https://t.co/HpLalFj0Pe https://t.co/VuCdgFtAQ8
Paperback, 2024
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No Land in Sight: Poems
Charles SimicFrank BajakRIP Charles Simic. "Since it’s not possible to sit down and write an eight-line poem that’ll be vast for its size, these poems are assembled over a long period of time from words and images floating in my head.” https://t.co/nJclz2ZmZl
Hardcover, 2022
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