The Irresponsible Self: On Laughter and the Novel
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2004. Hardcover. James Wood's first book of essays, "The Broken Estate," established him as the leading critic of his generation, one whose judgments "are distinguished by their originality and precision, the depth of reading that informs them, and the metaphorical richness of their language" ("Harper's")..... More