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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Lowell Limpett and Two Stories (Hardcover)
This is the first Ward Just book I have given less than 5 stars to, and I stand second to no one in my admiration for his skills as a writer. The first piece (a play) is an embarassment. We're all entitled to temper tantrums and to vent our spleen once in a while, but doing it in public and asking people to pay to watch is not right. Enough said. The two short stories are vintage Just and pretty good, but there are problems. He has a lawyer in the 1960's talking about "expanding the business" which no lawyer of that era would ever have said; "expanding the practice" is correct. And there is "moot court" and "mock trial" at law school, but never "mock court". The introduction in a vain effort at blue-collar solidarity talks about how difficult it is to drive a "sixteen-wheeler". This would be a lot more convincing if it were correctly identified as an "eighteen-wheeler". If you like Just, you won't be able to resist any of his books no matter what I say. If you don't know him, don't start here -- read his other books first and then come to this one last, if ever.
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Lowell Limpett and Two Stories by Ward S. Just (Hardcover - Sept. 2001)
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