Happy the man with a book-length grievance — and rare. Each of these books contains one possible magazine article surrounded by more padding than an offensive lineman: every little indignity that ever happened to them, and every two-bit feud, magnified to a Horrible Example to justify a larger printing.


"Unnecessary Roughness" (1971), p. 150 - The Good Word & Other Words (1978)

Wilfrid Sheed Quotes

Happy the man with a book-length grievance — and rare. Each of these books contains one possible magazine article surrounded by more padding than...

Happy the man with a book-length grievance — and rare. Each of these books contains one possible magazine article surrounded by more padding than...

Happy the man with a book-length grievance — and rare. Each of these books contains one possible magazine article surrounded by more padding than...

Happy the man with a book-length grievance — and rare. Each of these books contains one possible magazine article surrounded by more padding than...