MDMD(4) p.123 small re-write

Joe Varo vjvaro at erie.net
Mon Jul 28 15:44:14 CDT 1997


On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, David Casseres wrote:

> A-and, while we're touting Other Good Things to Read, I'd say check out 
> the current issue of _The Nation_ (hell, subscribe to it, it's a national 
> treasure) for John Leonard's review of three biographies: Andre Malraux, 
> Samuel Beckett, and Georges Simenon.  Leonard doesn't really do criticism 
> as such, he just writes what the book under review makes him feel like 
> writing.  For the Malraux book, which he didn't like much, he just writes 
> a couple of pages summarizing Malraux's career and persona.  It's a gas.

John Leonard is excellent -- hell, he's one of the main reasons I make it
a point not to miss CBS Sunday Morning every Sunday morning.

Joe



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