“All the same, I commend the book for delineating well the pathological symptoms of worshiping Mammon, even if it doesn’t provide pressure valves to let off the steam. We may, as I indicated, argue that the artist’s duty is only to mirror our society back on itself. Alas, that attitude is easier said until, like me, you become a parent. Then you worry about the tremendous influence art has in depicting to overly impressionable youth misdirected shortcuts of success.”