"No one is as good as Wolfe on the contradictions between cushy class and angry consciousness . . . There essays . . . offer a lively picture of the surface of our society' one wishes life were this interesting." --Jack Beatty, The Nation

"This book serves as a reminder of how often Wolfe's refusal to be respectful toward any subject has produced both illumination and laughter." --Time

"Mr. Wolfe tackles all sorts of subjects ranging from life on an aircraft carrier (brilliantly described) to the goings-on at a convention of National Enquirer freelance writers . . . The master of trivia also offers an underlying theme in his essays and stories: the enormous gap (as he perceives it) between the intellectuals' negative view of America and the positive reality." --Roger Ricklefs, The Wall Street Journal

"It's all right here! Again! The wicked maestro has done it again!" --Tom Nolan, The Los Angeles Times Book Review