THE WASHINGTON TIMES, September 2, 2011
Jeffrey Lyons, Stories My Father Told Me: Notes from “The Lyons Den.” New York: Abbeville Press. $35. 352pp. Illustrated.
Reviewed by Martin Rubin
“For three decades after Leonard Lyons started writing his syndicated column in 1934, many people savored what he had to tell them about the great and famous in ‘The Lyons Den.’ He seemed to know everyone and had the knack of capturing their personae in prose, giving great enjoyment to millions who somehow felt just a little bit closer to the giants of their age. Some things get even better with time, though, and so it is a great pleasure in our scandal ridden popular culture, rife with nasty gossip, to revisit this selection from Lyons’ columns selected and annotated by his son, Jeffrey Lyons, as well known to television viewers today as his father was to newspaper readers back then. . . .”
For Martin’s full review, visit washingtontimes.com.