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Critical Praise

“One of the greatest living English writers.”

——David Thomson, The Nation

“Bennett’s deadpan, self-deprecating humor translates perfectly.”

——David Gates, O, The Oprah Magazine

“There is probably no other distinguished English man of letters more instantly likable than Bennett.”

——Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World

“A prose stylist of disarming grace and sly humor.”

——The New York Times Book Review