Living Well Is the Best Revenge (Modern Library)
"        The dichotomy between art and lifepermeates Tomkins's book and makesup its principal charm. . . . [The Murphys]drew artists and writers to themineluctably. After all, they were worksof art while the others--Stein,Picasso, Hemingway, MacLeish, Fitzgerald--were only trying to create suchworks. . . . [This is a] beautiful andevocative memoir. . . . The charmingand imperturbable Gerald Murphy[was] a master of the art of living."--Louis Auchincloss"        A marvel of taste and economy, LivingWell Is the Best Revenge manages toconvey the originality and grace ofthe Murphys' life."                                                        --Time