Florence King books are here!

While perusing NRO at home last week, I noticed an ad for both of Florence King's books for $35 total. The reason is that NR is moving from one building to another in NYC, and they'd rather clear out their inventory of books than move them. I was thrilled to help them oblige, and they just came to my desk.

"Who is Florence King?" you ask? I've only ever read her in the pages of National Review, but she's a wonderfully gifted writer. Until she retired a few years ago, she had the regular column on the last page of the magazine, and it was called "The Misanthrope's Corner." What a tremendous title, and if you've ever read her writings you'd know why it was so fitting. She also wrote many book reviews for the magazine. Luckily for the reading public, she unretired for a once-every-two-issues column called "The Bent Pin" that's just as good.

Basically, she's a cranky, old, Southern lady with a tremendous gift for the written word. Here, here and here are some examples of her work. Here's a column about Ann Coulter. Here's a funny little biography that sums her up.