Martin Fowler

I’ve always enjoyed reading, and for most of my life I’ve particularly enjoyed reading history. My wife is a structural engineer (well “was”, as she’s now retired) and long urged me to read one of her favorite books: The Power Broker, by Robert Caro. I’d heard great things about this book from other sources too, so was certainly inclined to. The problem was that it is a huge book, over 1200 pages, and I didn’t want to lug it around in my carry-on baggage – and it wasn’t available in electronic form.

He’s a highly regarded writer, so I might try something else, but his other work is a biography of Lyndon Johnson. Not one book, however, but four huge volumes – and he’s only got up to 1964. Now Lyndon Johnson is a fascinating character, and I’d like to read more about him, but nobody is worth four-plus volumes.

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