Cord Jefferson says that in his new book, Chris Lehmann takes the wealthy to task — and that means liberals, too.
To put it simply, if you don’t like reading angry rants, Rich People Things is not for you. That’s not to say that the book is at all unfocused or belligerent — but it’s not the kind of affable, jocular criticism you’d get from a Mark Twain or a P.J. O’Rourke. Reading an O’Rourke essay, with its quippy turns of phrase and tongue-in-cheek punning, you could imagine getting the author to abandon even his deepest beliefs in return for a Cuban cigar and a trip on your schooner. Rich People Things does not suffer from similar whimsy.