In case you were wondering what Daniel Mendelsohn looks like, here he is. Who is Daniel Mendelsohn? He's the writer who so burns with jealousy over Jonathan Franzen's success that he wrote a memorably hateful hatchet job on him in the New York Times. Several people I talked to, including ones who'd never read Franzen, read that piece and were appalled by how harsh and personal it was. (Also badly written.) Mendelsohn is the subject of a lengthy interview on Salon today, discussing his just-released, "Proustian" book about the Holocaust. Yes, that's how it's described. We already know everything we need to know about Mendelsohn, though, from his Franzen review, and that publicity photo, which I think you will agree is very...smooth. Oh, and one more detail--he lives in an upper West side apartment that Salon describes as "elegantly furnished."

Some funny responses to the photo from the comments, after the jump.

Daniel Mendelsohn

- tom moody 12-15-2006 1:07 am

rosemary's baby
- anonymous (guest) 12-15-2006 5:11 am


blue steel
- mark 12-15-2006 10:49 am


yul
- bill 12-15-2006 4:53 pm


Did this guy get Polonium 212ed?

Cus if so, I'm gettin' some, so can be suave, too.

And Bill: Do not profane Yul! My favorite robot.
- j in jc (guest) 12-16-2006 6:55 pm





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