Richard Mason (1948-2006) was a Fellow of Wolfson College at Cambridge. He is the author of Understanding Understanding and Oppenheimer's Reflections from Moral Philosophy , both also published by SUNY Press.
I haven't finished it yet. It's thick, like molasses says Katherine, a ten year old that is much more interested in playing secret agent than waiting for me as I finish chapter here and there when I'm babysitting.
I bought it at Symposium, my favorite downtown bookstore (RI), as a complement to my senior seminar.