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Who's he?(book on snobbery)

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| September 01, 2002 | Buckley, William F., Jr. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Joseph Epstein's new book about snobbery (1) ends up being a book about Joseph Epstein, which is perfectly okay--provided one is Joseph Epstein. Another's book about snobbery, displaying the author's biography, his likes and dislikes, suspicions, affections, affectations, crotchets, would not guarantee against a reader's strayed attention. There isn't the slightest risk of this happening upon reading Epstein's book, because he is perhaps the wittiest writer (working in his genre) alive, the funniest since Randall Jarrell.

Epstein sets out dutifully to tell us what a snob is--what he does, thinks (about nubile objects of snobbery), cultivates, disdains. He ...

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