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Klein is never more penetrating than in the book's first scene, in which the ingenuous black narrator, Henry Burton, marvels at the way in which the candidate, Jack Stanton, the governor of a small Southern state, listens intently to the members of an urban literacy group, grasps their hands, recounts the experiences of his own poor family, and leaves them feeling heard, understood, and moved.
Among many highlights: McLaren fences sound equipment stolen by the Sex Pistols from David Bowie's house; McLaren rejects William Kunstler as Vicious' defense attorney because he listens to "Bob Dylan or Joan Baez--possibly even Joni Mitchell"; McLaren tries to sanitize Vicious' image by finding him a "librarian" girlfriend.
A writer tours a Los Angeles mall and declares American teens A-OK: the girls coo over clothing at Old Navy, the boys follow sneaker fashion avidly, and everyone listens to country music.
These days, it is a vestige, whose only real wellspring of importance is a president who elevates it with his blandishments and listens to its advice.
He listens in fascinated befuddlement as all the adults around him utter the Hebrew words to the Kaddish , the Jewish prayer for the dead.