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Buckley (They Eat Puppies, Don't They?) explains that his favorite writer is Evelyn Waugh and when he's on track his jaunty prose crackles like Waugh's did. Unfortunately, Buckley is often off course in this collection of occasional pieces from the past 25 years. Most were written for magazines—the New York Times magazine, Forbes, The Daily Beast—and they show it. They're short and zappy but eminently forgettable, too-quick take...Log In or Sign Up to Read More