November 1977 Issue [Books in Brief] Books in brief Download PDF Adjust Share by Jeffrey Burke, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags Books Howell Raines Ira Berkow Mark Helprin Marvin Harris Reviews Walter Jackson Bate 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