The Best of Sydney J. Harris

352 pp. Chosen from 30 years of writing by one of America's most perceptive columnists. "Sydney J. Harris is known to millions of newspaper readers for his daily column "Strictly Personal," which originates on the editorial page of the Chicago Daily News and is syndicated throughout the United States, in Canada, and in Latin America. In this book he has assembled the best columns from the entire range of his work. Whether he is writing about global issues of war and peace or about the emotional complexities of marriage and parenthood he is always a perceptive and humane observer."--rear wrapper