Be he never so humble, there's no critic of America like James Wood

[alice malice]

A tourist with an attitude who overstays his welcome, James Wood has a
right to be here; he has money and talent enough, and If only he would
just go home, he might see what a fool he's been. His love of America,
of American Language and Literature, is a love of what he can never go
home again to.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n04/james-wood/on-not-going-home
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