He does it all so well. He could, as they say in Washington, make a conservative cry, a liberal laugh. This latest collection of his stuff shows off everything he has. . . .
Every page is a story, every word is a gem.
Larry L. King one of the finest and most versatile of our American writers. . . . Nobody much understands this except writers, lawyers, and politicians. Few of those will admit it. . . . All of these pieces represent an ongoing attempt to define and understand his native place and his mind's country. Many of these pieces were previously published in such magazines as T exas Monthly, Story, The Washingtonian, and Parade , while several appear here in print for the first time.