Introductions

I have to say, I have really come to hate introductions to books. With works of fiction, introductions seem more often than not to give away key plot points, not to mention color the text with a certain perspective before the reader even begins.

In Moynihan's Secrecy, which I've just begun, Richard Gid Powers' introduction is 58 pages long, with Moynihan's text a mere 170. The introduction comprises 25 percent of the book! Why didn't Powers just write his own book? He could have called it "The Making of Secrecy."

/RANT