The Summer 2010 issue of Jewish Book World includes a succinct and sharp-eyed review of Missing a Beat. This sentence is about a good a summary of the book as any,
“This volume brings together several highly individualistic documents of an era that is all too easily caricatured and dismissed, showing the surprising range of views that were possible (if not popular) within the bounds of 1950’s and 1960’s hipness, especially in matters of race and ethnicity.”
The review closes with this applause for Krim,
“Confessional writing as candid as this is both rare and refreshing.”
That’s what I say.
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