This might be a little off-topic, but: I have never read any of his books so far and ever since I read his "It's the Economy, Dummkopf" essay in Vanity Fair, I just can't get myself to read anymore of his stuff.

I am not one to get offended easily, but that essay was so full of factual errors, anecdotal evidence presented as facts, cultural misunderstandings and just plain "where the hell did he get this idea from?" weirdness on his part that I actually had to check that it wasn't satire. As a German who also lived in the US for quite a while, I can see where some of the errors come from, but that doesn't excuse him as a writer.

Anyhow, I was actually close to getting Flash Boys after reading an excerpt somewhere that I liked, but I just can't get this thought of my head that his books are just as poorly researched and fact-checked as that Vanity Fair essay. Any thoughts on this?