July 1979 Issue [In print] The mischief of fiction Adjust Share A search for meaning by Jeffrey Burke, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Alison Lurie Books Jacob Epstein John Wain Kingsley Amis Literature Reviews Stanley Elkin Study and teaching United States More from Jeffrey Burke Appetites Lunacy and the arrangement of books Writes of passage The letter of recommendation as a social force and literary genre First time out The perils of the fictional debut Adjust Share