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    A Year in Reading: Paul Goldberg

    by Paul Goldberg Dec 20, 2017 4 minutes

    During the presidential primaries, I picked up a copy of The Art of the Deal. My financial exposure in the deal I made at the cash register was minimal—it was a paperback.

    My underlying business strategy: I would read that thing in the unlikely event its author would win the Republican nomination. Who knows, it might be possible to gain insight into his mind. Also, quoting Donald Trump could become my parlor trick. And I could annoy my wife and children.

    I ended up reading that book in the way fundamentalists read the scripture. I hate to admit this, but great fun can be had with  and a sharp No. 2 pencil. As I did this,’s complete works are arranged into 45 hefty volumes and ’s into 16.

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