Stephen Benatar’s “Wish Her Safe at Home”
March 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am ETReading Stephen Benatar’s Wish Her Safe at Home. Protagonist is supposed to be going crazy (in the intro, John Carey said it was one of the most disturbing books he had ever read, and was blackballed by the 1982 Booker Prize committee), but I’m already on page 76 and so far she hasn’t. There are signs she’s a little off, to be sure (on page 56, waiting in a drugstore, she says “I executed a few unobtrusive dance-steps which scarcely moved me from the spot”), but so far nothing particularly disturbing. But I’m ready…
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Rich Mintz blogs on online fundraising and social media, American history and culture, bicycling and urbanism, food, technology, and other topics. Professionally, he's an expert in fundraising, constituency development, and social media for nonprofits, cultural organizations, cause-related marketers, and corporations. He is based in New York, where he serves as Vice President, Strategy, for 
