Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing

Like Twain -- or more contemporary humorists Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor -- Patrick McManus shares the belief that life''s eternal verities exist primarily to be overturned. In McManus''s world, all steaks should be chicken-fried, strong coffee is drunk by the light of a campfire, and fishing trips consist of men acting like boys and boys behaving like the small animals we''ve always assumed t...