At 22:19 2006-09-20, K and T Dykes wrote:
In fairness though, very few German books on anything that might be considered academic are flowing reads. There seems to be a tradition. You can either educate your readers or entertain them, but on no account may you do both. Consequently, if you're trying to inform them, make it as boring as possilbe. Some authors achieve that brilliantly (and I'm not referring to Herr Probst).