How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

“Like a long periodic sentence, this book rumbles along, gathers steam, shifts gears, and packs a wallop."
 -Roy Blount Jr.
 
“Language lovers will flock to this homage to great writing."
-Booklist

Outspoken New York Times columnist Stanley Fish offers an entertaining, erudite analysis of language and rhetoric in this delightful celebration of the written word. Drawing on a wide range of  great writers, from Philip Roth to Antonin Scalia to Jane Austen and beyond, Fish's How to Write a Sentence is much more than a writing manual-it is a penetrating exploration into the art and craft of sentences.