In the spirit of Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot and Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, Mr. Dyer's Out of Sheer Rage keeps circling its subject in widening loops and then darting at it when you least expect it . . . a wild book.
Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers. - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.
- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Mr. Frazier makes me laugh out loud. - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Mr. Frazier makes me laugh out loud.
There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmf… - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmf…
To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to do in the morning. - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to do in the morning.
One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both as a Jew … - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both as a Jew …
Even when you disagree with her, she electrifies your mind. - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Even when you disagree with her, she electrifies your mind.
The dream is everything in the sport of fishing. You dream with every cast of your fly that the shadowy form will finally rise to your fly. You dream… - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
The dream is everything in the sport of fishing. You dream with every cast of your fly that the shadowy form will finally rise to your fly. You dream…
Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is so alive, it… - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is so alive, it…
The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire. - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.
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