The Morning After ... and Long After (Common Reader Editions)
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内容提要：
When The Morning After: Selected Essays and Reviews was published in 1971, Wilfrid Sheed was widely regarded as just about "the best professional reviewer in the business, and …… one of the best writers around" according to The New York Times Book Review. Three decades on, Sheed's stylistic brilliance is, simply, a revelation. They just don't write them like this anymore. In his Introduction, written specially for this Common Reader Edition, Sheed looks back on his heyday as a reviewer. Also now included here is Sheed's celebrated piece about his experiences as a judge for the Book of the Month Club.
作者简介：
Wilfrid Sheed was born in London in 1930,and now lives in Sag Harbor,New York.His many books include In Love with Daylight:A Memoir of Recovery and the novel Max Jamison,both of which are available in Common reader editions.
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Book Description
A revised edition, with new material, of a classic collection of essays. With a new Introduction by the author. From the Publisher When The Morning After: Selected Essays and Reviews was published in 1971, Wilfrid Sheed was widely regarded as just about "the best professional reviewer in the business, and . . . one of the best writers around" according to The New York Times Book Review. Three decades on, Sheed's stylistic brilliance is, simply, a revelation. They just don't write them like this anymore. In his Introduction, written specially for this Common Reader Edition, Sheed looks back on his heyday as a reviewer. Also now included here is Sheed's celebrated piece about his experiences as a judge for the Book of the Month Club. From Library Journal Sheed's portrait of theater critic Max Jamison, who is on the edge of burning out, garnered a National Book Award nomination in 1970. Max's work is going to hell, his wife has left him, and he tries to fill the void with numerous sexual escapades that don't seem to help. This edition contains a new afterword by the author. Also new to the series is Sheed's The Morning After and Long After, a 1971 collection of essays and reviews. 目录：
Introduction
PART ONE 1 The Politics of Reviewing 2 NORMAN MAILER:Genius or Nothing 3 WALKER PERCY:The Last Gentleman 4 JAMES JONES:Go to the Widow Maker 5 JOHN UPDIKE:Couples 6 GORE VIDAL:Reflections upon a Sinking Ship 7 Orchids for Miss Hightower 8 Collected Short Prose of JAMES AGEE 9 BERNARD MALAMUD:Pictures of Fidelman 10 The Artist as Blimp 11 Racing the Clock with Greene&PRITCHETT 12 JAMES BALDWIN:Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone 13 ROBERT COOVER:The Universal Baseball Association 14 WILLIAM STYRON:The Confessions of Nat Turner PART TWO PART THREE PART FOUR PART FIVE ……AND LONG AFTER |