In this case, "Not Buying It" describes both the title of the book, and the action I intend to take with regard to Judith Levine's book about supposedly going shopping-free for twelve months. For those who enjoy reading deservedly scathing reviews, Cheryl Miller does a good job.

Update: Greg Newburn performs ju-jitsu in a new blog about the benefits of shopping.

Lat has a well-written review on Blachman's book that comes to conclusions similar to mine. I do think he's being generous in comparing the lead character to classic performances like Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold or Michael Douglas's Gordon Gekko, though; the Anonymous Lawyer isn't even Tom Aldredge's Herb Myerson, much less David Paymer's Marty Rossen. And this sentence made me wince on behalf of my much funnier brother: "A television pilot is in the works."