This is a delightful collection of essays mainly about Southern authors and other things Southern. ( )

For a man who has won the H. L. Mencken award more than once, little of that acerbic wit is on display here, and the love letter to the South that this book aspires to be would no doubt horrify the man who's name is on the award. Being familiar with Crowther from his newspaper columns, I expected much more than this rather tepid collection of essays. ( )