Kevin Smokler reviewed Strange fruit by David Margolick
Review of 'Strange fruit' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
Essentially a long, sophisticated book report on the most important song in American history. Margolick has done his homework but that's about all. There's very little soul here, about how the song feels, how it is structured, how it has had the effect it has other than being about lynching. I know that's difficult ("dancing about architecture and whatnot. Look it up) but I figure that's part of compiling a "biography of a song?"