NO CAUSE FOR PANIC

by Russell Baker ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Baker is a wonderfully facial social commentator, something like a sophisticated Harry Golden, and many of the pieces here were first printed in The New York Times. He is gifted with genuine wit while his articles, however, seldom have enough elbow room for a really vicious poke. His range of interests, predictably newspaper-oriented, travels from Washington to New York and settles on such public figures and Joseph Vallachi, the crime canary, or Lyndon Johnson. He is at his est with sheer farce, when pretending that he is a committe investigating some nonsense such as the rise of the Non-talent Artist. Much of his writing demands to be reviewed by quotation which should refer the reader to the original. Here, after Baker makes a lengthy tour of the East, he returns to Washington and decides that ""the country does not exist""-- it has such infinite variety that no politician can understand it. Delightful pick-up reading.

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1964

Categories: NONFICTION