A Jacques Barzun Reader: Selections from His Works [Paperback]

Throughout his career Jacques Barzun, author of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist From Dawn to Decadence, has always been known as a witty and graceful essayist, one who combines a depth of knowledge and a rare facility with words.

Now Michael Murray has carefully selected eighty of Barzun's most inventive, accomplished, and insightful essays, and compiled them in one impressive volume. With subjects ranging from history to baseball to crime novels, A Jacques Barzun Reader is a feast for any reader.

Throughout his career Jacques Barzun, author of theNew York Timesbestseller and National Book Award FinalistFrom Dawn to Decadence, has always been known as a witty and graceful essayist, one who combines a depth of knowledge and a rare facility with words.

Now Michael Murray has carefully selected eighty of Barzun's most inventive, accomplished, and insightful essays, and compiled them in one impressive volume. With subjects ranging from history to baseball to crime novels,A Jacques Barzun Readeris a feast for any reader.

Barzun has the indispensable skill all great critics possess, which is the ability to step back and say something new. And as this book reminds us, he has been doing that for a long, long time. -Denver Post

A treat. Barzun&is an irresistible appreciator. -Boston Globe