A Jerk on One End …
… is the title of a book about fishing, written by noteworthy art critic Robert Hughes, an Aussie who possessed a gruff demeanor, an acerbic wit, and an ever-active twinkle in his eye that indicated he had guessed the punchline of the joke long before you did. Such was his smarts.
He’s deceased now, but at the height of his fame, he wrote and presented a TV series, and a book, called The Shock of the New, which was highly acclaimed and led to him being described in the New York Times as “the most famous art critic in the world.” Part of his notoriety was his willingness to tweak the art world endlessly. He wrote, “The new ...
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