A Bill of Rites, a Bill of Wrongs, a Bill of Goods

by Wright Morris

Book by Morris, Wright

178 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1980

About the author

Wright Marion Morris was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist. He is known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plains in words and pictures, as well as for experimenting with narrative forms.
Morris won the National Book Award for The Field of Vision in 1956. His final novel, Plains Song won the American Book Award in 1981.

Reviews

[MK]

* not read yet, put on 'for later' shelf at the library ... I couldn't find a description of what this book is about here, at the library, or at Amazon. Found a Kirkus Reviews summary, it sounds interesting. Copying here -

KIRKUS REVIEW

Novelist Morris comments on the American scene in a series of eminently readable, eminently quotable essays. They deal with the nature of life and art (the artist ""is how things are""); senior citizenship and childhood; Susan Sontag, Norman Mailer, Marshall McLuhan, LBJ, Beatniks and Hippies and squares (they stand around holding things up). He feels for Grandmother going crazy in Miami--""the price of character,"" but is most bemused by Mrs. Gay Spiegelman, mother of eight, who has opted for a topless career. He is anti-McLuhan--""a skillful cop-out"" and pro Charles Lindbergh, whose solo performance has gone out of style in a land where records of attendance are solemnly announced. In a country which equates life with art, Miss Teenage America is the real triumph. He comments on the human nature of life, the future of the redoubtable youngster who lives next door and has ""good chances for being loved, better for being shot,"" and also gets off a parting riposte re the fire next time. Morris writes in an engaging fashion that is at once a put-down and a come-on.
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