The Writer's Art

"A witty, entertaining, and enlightening antidote to sloppy, inflated, vague, or dull prose." —Publishers Weekly
Writing comes in grades of quality in the fashion of beer and baseball games—good, better, and best.

With the experience of a lifetime spent writing, James J. Kilpatrick wants to make a few judgment calls. Here, in the great tradition of Theodore Bernstein, Edwin Newman, and William Safire, a master of the art gives us a finely crafted, witty guide to writing well. Intended for l...