Okay so you've read Ishmael (if you haven't read it) and you're wondering if My Ishmael is just the same book with a different cover. I asure you it isn't. My Ishmael brings new ideas and insights to Quinn's philosophy and explores possible action we can take more than Ishmael ever did. One thing we have to remember is that we can't all be like Alan Lomaxs and expect this teaching to be with us until we die. We can't keep waiting for Quinn novels to pop up like lawyers wait for Grisham novels. Unfortunately we don't get feed back like his students but we all have our own "Ishmael".