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...novel with this much grievous personal history needs comic relief. Just obliges with Mrs. Pfister, fortune-teller to the Washington elite, whose sessions are bugged by government agents, and the "Venerables," a pair of aged columnists who "had been out of step with every administration since Eisenhower's." These geezers and other faded Washingtonians in Echo House are more than welcomed. Just is a sharp-eyed observer and acerbic commentator, but he is also a bighearted host to all the has-beens and will-bes gathered in this roomy and inviting novel...
Donald H. Pfister, Gray professor of systemic biology and a member of the Faculty Council, said that while "everyone would agree that small classes are a good means of instruction," there were concerns about the practicality of the goal...
...operative and friend of Presidents, has 'too many secrets, not enough mystery.' Ironically, what sets Echo House apart from the hyperrealities of the usual Washington novel is precisely its air of ineffability," notes Sheppard. "A novel with this much grievous personal history needs comic relief. Just obliges with Mrs. Pfister, fortune-teller to the Washington elite, whose sessions are bugged by government agents, and the 'Venerables,' a pair of aged columnists who 'had been out of step with every administration since Eisenhower's.' These geezers and other faded Washingtonians in 'Echo House' are more than welcomed. Just is a sharp...
However, I would like to correct two glaring errors in the article that fail to confer credit where it is due. First, though Zack Sung did manage to create an incredible set, the artist who Tiwari accidentally assumed was Sung was in fact the Artistic Designer, Sam T. Pfister...
Though he boasted that Harvard will win, Pfister declined to predict a score. Referring to both teams' poor records this year, he said, "It will be an upset either...