Lump It or Leave It
Opinionated and entertaining, King ( Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye ) here discourses widely and vigorously on American ways. Little escapes her stiletto wit: the prevalence of the "slangy suffix, -istok?/not sure what you've done, but given that it is you who has done it, I'm sure it is ok.gs "; the best 15 years of a woman's life, "from 50 to Social Security"; the "graves of academe" where college professors masquerade as teachers; fellow countrymen whom she divides into "whatters" and "whyers." Personal agitations to which King also applies her nonconformist slant include traditional southern values and book reviewing, the latter topic evoking a tart acknowledgment of being wrong in her judgments once in a while. These scattershot essays reach their targets.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.