Confessions of a Knife

I read this a long, long time ago (maybe in the 1980s) and I have never forgotten it. I have forgotten many books I've read. That this one hangs with me.... well, it makes me want to hunt it down and read it again. In the meantime, I'm giving it 5 stars for its longevity in my memory.......more

I first read Richard Selzer years ago, in college, and really liked him. I remember appreciating a cold... well, surgical style to his prose. This time around, it was more of a mixed bag. On the one hand, I actually found his prose to be a little too cute and self-conscious for my taste, a far cry fr......more

Selzer is one of my favorite writers, and this collection doesn’t disappoint. It’s an eclectic mix of stories about his medical practice, boyhood reflections, fiction, medical history, and some other essay types thrown in, all with his remarkable ear for language, powers of observation, wit, and hum......more