Equal parts bewildering (who knew he listened to Dido
An Instance of the Fingerpost is a triumph of storytelling: erudite
From Columbus and the conquistadores
For a family's eighth-born son
the girl disappears without a trace
A Quiet Evening : The Travels of Norman Lewis - Norman Lewis Genre:Travel writing Equal parts bewildering (who knewCollected here, from a period of nearly five decades, are thirty six of Norman Lewis s best articles. In each, his writing crackles with poker faced wit and stylistic brilliance. As a witness to his times the good, the bad and the absurd he was unmatched, and his instinct for important events, and moments, was infallible. His range here includes Ibizan fishermen, an interview with Castro s executioner, the genocide of the South American Indian tribes,