Word: mannerses
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Murray's gift is to make the appalling appealing. As the gonzo journalist in Where the Buffalo Roam, the blissed-out war veteran in The Razor's Edge, the sadistic TV executive in Scrooged or the crazed hypochondriacs in Little Shop of Horrors and What About Bob?, Murray always imparted...
THE BOTTOM LINE: The tragedy of AIDS may have met its match in a heartfelt, knockabout comedy of manners.
THE BOTTOM LINE: A novel of manners that artfully reveals the hidden torment of a man who never quite belonged.
Beneath its polished surface, this novel of love, taste and manners is a profound tale of shame and self-destruction. Begley is a fine technician who employs proven devices: the narrator who feeds gossip to readers as if they were old lunch companions; the private letters and journal entries that...
Most folks, though, seemed happy just to be there. Hollywood took its manners from Washington: most of the celebrities dressed conservatively and behaved decorously. And the civilians lined up for the big parade, where the Lesbian & Gay Bands of America played and Girl Scouts passed out American flags and AIDS...