SOURCE: "Having a Good Time with Our Worst Fears," in The New York Times Book Review, May 14, 1989, pp. 1, 33.
Benedict is an American novelist, short story writer, and critic. In the following review of If the River Was Whiskey, she praises Boyle's humorous, satiric treatment of contemporary society as entertaining but finds his somber stories more rewarding.
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