The first line of Teddy Wayne s new novel, “The Great Man Theory,” presents a classic move of investing an unfamiliar character with a magnetic attraction: “ I am a Luddite , Paul typed.” As much as it is important to recognize Paul s explicit abhorrence of technological development rooted in his belief that “technological immersion has fomented the rise of right-wing extremism,” the fact that he is engaged in the act of writing is worth noting.
Hamilton Cain THE WASHINGTON POST – Meet Paul, the protagonist of Teddy Wayne’s bland, static new work, The Great Man Theory. Aged 46, he’s published longform essays on esoteric topics while holding down a job as a writing lecturer at a middling New York college. He’s a bundle of contradictions, assertive in his Marxist views […]