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Every Force Evolves a Form, by Guy Davenport (North Point, 171 pp„ $16.95)

When Kirkus describes Guy Davenport’s essays as “elegant, brilliant (yet unobnoxious),” Kirkus puts its thumbish finger on something. These essays are obnoxious! If they were not obnoxious they would lose their charm. I suspect that this book will be thrown across more rooms than Ancient Evenings was. It’s a tribute.

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Every Force Evolves a Form, by Guy Davenport (North Point, 171 pp„ $16.95)

When Kirkus describes Guy Davenport’s essays as “elegant, brilliant (yet unobnoxious),” Kirkus puts its thumbish finger on something. These essays are obnoxious! If they were not obnoxious they would lose their charm. I suspect that this book will be thrown across more rooms than Ancient Evenings was. It’s a tribute.