Complex sentence: Scholar Arthus Verslius (2006) is highly critical of Raschke's "Painted Black", which he describes as an "effort to awaken an American inquisition" and refers to the book as "breathless sensationalism".
Split into simpler sentences: Scholar Arthus Verslius (2006) is highly critical of Raschke's "Painted Black". Verslius describes "Painted Black" as an "effort to awaken an American inquisition" and refers to the book as "breathless sensationalism".