Sunday, June 11, 2006

Today's Inquirer reviews ...

Roger Miller takes a look at William H. Whyte's The Organization Man, turning 50 this year, and finds he's still with us: "Organization men" are still among us.

Poet Karl Kirchwey finds Seamus Heaney fresh as ever in District and Circle: A poet circumnavigates his world with words.

John Freeman has a pleasant and revealing exchange with Heaney: Seamus Heaney melds mystic and mythic in verse.

M.A. Orthofer of The Complete Review makes his Inquirer reviewing debut with a fond look at Jane Gardam's Old Filth: A lively tale of a British colonial child growing up, growing old .

Paula Marantz Cohen is impressed by the robustness of Gael Greene's hedonism as recounted in Insatiable: Food writer details her many appetites.

Katie Haegele finds unguilty pleasure in Tara Altebrando's The Pursuit of Happiness: Young Adult Reader: Pieces of a grieving teen's life come together in realistic way.

Victoria Brownworth is disappointed in Charles Shields's Mockingbird: Portrait of Harper Lee leaves biggest questions unanswered.

Here are a couple of other reviews that ran during the week:

Elizabeth Fox is much taken with Louis Bayard's The Pale Blue Eye: Edgar Allan Poe is on the case in murder of a West Point cadet.

Michael Harrington finds joy in Jack Kerouac's Book of Sketches: In 'Book of Sketches,' Kerouac plays and paints with words

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