MixedBookforumOf the more dramatic developments brought about by Louis’s constant unearthing of new layers to his life, or to the narrative of that life—no longer as forthright as it once was—has been his retreat from the straightforwardly political. Despite the renewed assertion, in A Woman, that his writing is a \'political manifesto,\' where each sentence is sharpened like \'the blade of a knife,\' we are far from the direct accusations of Who Killed My Father...One is hard-pressed to find a consistent critique behind it; if this was a manifesto, you would be forgiven for wondering whether it called for the government’s overthrow or a Great National Debate ... while Louis certainly still speaks to the moment, he might not like what he is saying.
