Should We Follow the UK's Example on Crime?

No. Did he get the title form Yeat's poem? Robert Bork got the title of his book, "Slouching Towards Gomorrah" from the same poem. "The Second Coming" seems to capture the spirit of the times. I think we're entering a dark age.

The darkness drops again but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? Originally Posted by joe bloe

Yes. It is a great book, and should not be thought of as 'African' literature (which IMHO demeans a work - I hate the whole concept of ethnic or 'black' literature or whatever).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_Fall_Apart

Yes. It is a great book, and should not be thought of as 'African' literature (which IMHO demeans a work - I hate the whole concept of ethnic or 'black' literature or whatever).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_Fall_Apart Originally Posted by essence

As popular as the book is, I'm surprised someone hasn't made a movie out of it.