This book also contains happy reminders of Bellow's comic gifts.

Is there a moral in the story, the writer, celebrated for his comic gifts, was asked.

Daum's enormous comic gift - and her ability to use it in the service of fundamentally serious issues - is an unexpected delight.

No fewer than 16 singers are in the cast, all capable or better and some even displaying notable comic gifts.

His great comic gifts: natural ease, a breezy all-American persona, and speed.

But when he's on a roll, Stern's narrative highstakesmanship and comic gifts combine in a powerful evocation of a lost time.

From time to time they would take their comic gifts back to Hollywood.

The comic gift that made Mr. Simon rich and famous often got in the way of his being taken seriously.

Mr. Wolpe, too, shows his comic gifts; one wishes he had more to do.

It is apparent, Mr. Max, he said slowly, that you have a certain comic gift.