Clifton Fadiman wrote in The New Yorker that while he wasn't sure what he thought of the book, "for decades we have not had eloquence like his in American writing."
Clifton Fadiman napísal v The New Yorkeri, že si nebol istý čo bolo myslené knihou, desaťročia sme nemali zhovorčivosť ako jeho v americkej literatúre.