A Line Out For a Walk

A Line Out For a Walk

â€œ[His] way with the familiar essayâ€•that flexible, forgiving genre in which anything goes except charmlessness and anonymityâ€•has much in common with that of Messrs, Beerbohm, Liebling, and Mencken. Each piece is exquisitely sustained, moving from point to point with the relaxed economy of a pro.â€ â€•Wall Street Journal
Paul Klee's words on his art, "I take a line out for a walk," describe precisely what the author of these essays doesâ€•he takes out such "lines" as gossip, gambling, height (or the lack of it), hats, smoking, fame or compulsive reading and "walks them" in his own discursive style.

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