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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Supreme Courtship - Christopher Buckley

The New York Times reports
A Texas Babe to Join the Brethren (Any Dissenting Opinions?)
By JANET MASLIN  Published: August 24, 2008
 
[Review begins] "Christopher Buckley's usual weapon of choice is a rapier, not a blunt instrument. But he usually writes satirically, while his new book is a broad farce. An anomalously funny thing happened to Mr. Buckley on his way to the "Supreme Courtship": nothing funny occurred to him. This is that rare occasion when Washington's wickedest wit takes aim at a humor-squelching comedic target."
It's a novel from the William F. Buckley clan that once sported a Texas sheriff in the clan.
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