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James has constructed a slick and engaging plot for A Taste for Death. But what makes her work more than just well-polished fiction is her consistently vivid characterizations and keen insights into daily human experience. Aside from a solid mystery, A Taste for Death is an effective psychological exploration of post-war British culture. James investigates the social mores of a defunct nobility and the predicaments of the working class, as well as the poltical attitudes of radical Labour extremists...
There are arguments on the other side. Shamir, as Prime Minister, will be more able to shape the public debate, and his agenda is not the same as Peres'. While Likud was junior partner, Peres had special leverage, since Likud had a keen interest in avoiding the break-up of the government...
...Commentators begin the action with brief but telling portraits of Joe and Mag. Among other bits of information, they inform us that he was "an excellent student, not brilliant, but very keen and industrious," that she was "intelligent but scattered," and that Mag's pregnancy necessitated their marriage...
Washbrook added, though, that he was not at Harvard to do research so much as to teach. In fact, he says he plans to take on an even heavier teaching load. "I'm quite keen to teach another, more specialized course next year. Otherwise, it would be rather a letdown if you did happen to get interested in this stuff, and there were only introductory courses available...
Good character seems to be an important element to seek in a tenured professor. Professor Brinkley's wonderful scholarship, his keen mind and sense of humor will be missed by many of us students who took his courses, but the decency, compassion, and good character he brought to the History Department and which he'll take with him will leave Robinson Hall with a certain sense of emptiness...