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) The book, they say, is a witty sendup of therapeutic literature, and it also serves as a "seriously legitimate guide for the perplexed" (Benito Rakower, the Washington Post ). Critics also recommend it as a sort of highbrow Cliff's Notes : "You don't need to have read Proust in order to read this book; in fact, once you've read de Botton you don't need to read it at all" (Richard Klein, Voice Literary Supplement ).
On C-Span, Bill Kristol revealed that Bush's "funny little grin, almost a smirk, that comes across his face occasionally at inappropriate times" had occasioned perplexed discussion among staffers at the cutting-edge-conservative Weekly Standard , which Kristol edits.
I think you're a fat, balding guy in his middle 50s who smokes cigars while reading those heart-rending missives from perplexed readers.
--Perplexed in Pendleton
Those of us who write screenplays for a living are always perplexed at what leaky logic vessels most movies turn out to be, given the endless development process that takes place before production begins.