DAVID THOMSON
Reviewers couldn’t get past the conceit of his Kidman crush, which motors his prose beyond devotional. Eccentric, over-the-top, and compulsively readable, in sections earning its analogies and fantasy roles, as Bee Wilson notes in LRB.
LESLIE SAVAN
The NYTimes especially seemed bent on turning this into skeet, when a close read reveals a mind humming with insight. Turns out “casual” slang is weightier, more poetic than it seems, and Savan has more to say about it than anybody else. Now in paperback.
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