Word: cunningness
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Bewitched means to be a civilized entertainment, which occasionally it is. But the gentility of this antique sitcom cannot be recaptured at this late date. What this revival needs is a good kick in the pants. And that Ephron and friends lack the low cunning to deliver. --By Richard Schickel
But Carkeet's skill is equal to his ambition. Once again he has turned a daffy concept for a novel into a stimulating display of wit, erudition, humanity and narrative force. He weaves his diverse strands with cunning and charm and adroitly sustains suspense in what could easily have been...
And birthday parties as well. On Halloween Sal, Ron and 2,600 Rockyites--some from as far away as Montreal, London, Sacramento, Winston-Salem, N.C., and the Bronx--made a pilgrimage to Manhattan's cavernous Beacon Theater for a tenth-anniversary bash. Sal presented sham Oscars to each of seven...
And how! The lad's talent may remind Eddie of his old self, but if Vincent is a natural nine-ball artist, his personality is strictly that of an adolescent eight ball. Not for him the dour reserve and cunning calculation of the traditional pool player, setting up his opponents...
The first Scream heist is the main concern of The Rescue Artist (HarperCollins; 270 pages), an entertaining account of the eternal struggle between high art and low cunning. Along the way, it's also a wider look at the world of art theft, a place where, to put it mildly...