![]() ![]() By their virtue, ill-humor, rancor, resentments are temporarily purged, and the author is given a glimpse of the person he might have become, had he formed the habit of privately closing each day with such notations as are called for by the publishing of acknowledgements.” Leo SteinbergĪnother spot replete with fakery is the back cover of any book, where the blurbers hold sway, trying to say only good things-often lying through their teeth about what they really think. Who would suspect a curmudgeon behind such handsome avowals? But perhaps this is what they are good for. Not a word on the acknowledgements page about grievances, or about offenses received and inflicted. ![]() He is, he says, ‘blessed,’ ‘in luck,’ ‘serene’ even in his obligations. The writer presents himself as one surrounded, cushioned, buoyed up by wonderful friends. “I often marvel at the persona engendered by the influence of the form. ![]() George Saunders, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Random House paperback edition, 2016, 198 pp. ![]()
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