REVIEWS

“Whether Kimball is lauding or slicing, Christopher Lane always shapes his narration to fit. In fact, Lane seems to take particular pleasure in performing the more conversational style Kimball uses in the negative pieces, pausing to let choice words sink in and hammering home selected ridiculous quotations from contemporary theory. The resulting synthesis of narrator and text is highly entertaining.”—AudioFile

“A scathing critic but one whose tirades are usually justified…his intellectual rigor is refreshing.”—New York Times Book Review

“Narrator Lane reads with a distinct and sardonic quality perfect for the subject matter. …The result is lively and informative.”—Kliatt

“Roger Kimball is one of the few critics writing in art today who combines an acute visual sense of beauty with historical knowledge, a coherent philosophy of art, and a ability to write clean, vigorous, and accurate English. To these virtues he adds refreshing common sense. So there is much to be learned and enjoyed in these stimulating, provocative, and elegant essays.”—Paul Johnson

ROGER KIMBALL is managing editor of the New Criterion. He is author of Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher Education and editor of several books on art and politics.