I hate people like Joe Gould and his stupid friend and don’t understand why anyone wants to read about them

By the time she’s done (in 154 pages of text and 67 pages of notes), Lepore hasn’t truly debunked anything — though she does reveal Gould to be more of a psychopath and Mitchell to be more of a fabulist than has been previously understood…

Except by, well, me I guess, based on the very bare bones of the story, which is all I ever wanted (and evidently, needed) to read.