- Brian Jackson/Sun-Times Media
- We know Mayor Emanuel has read some books, including many without pictures. But how often does he have the time for long philosophical novels about the dystopian state of modernity?
For the last few days I’ve been lying in bed, fighting a cold and ruminating over the reading habits of Mayor Emanuel.
Not having read the book, and generally doubting anything I hear from right-wing commentators on Fox, I was gearing up to congratulate the mayor for having an exceedingly open mind.
On the other hand, have you seen these books? I mean, we’re not talking breezy vacation reads.
No, Mayor Rahm has the reputation of being an amped-up guy who hops out of bed before sunrise to call his police chief before spending the rest of his waking hours plotting strategy, training for triathlons, and whizzing from one press conference to another—sometimes through red lights—with his ear pressed to his cell phone.
Okay, everybody, let’s have a show of hands. How many of you think Mayor Rahm has the patience to sit through 800 pages of sentences like that?
Sample plot: there’s a serial killer on the loose and Harry’s on the trail, when he’s not breaking from his investigation to make love to a sexy evidence technician for the FBI.
