That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with.

He also had (in life as in art) a narrative gift which particularly relished the off-beat and macabre.

"obviously meretricious, but disclosing a narrative gift which might be used to better purpose".

It was the narrative gifts Freud displayed in his case histories that got Rubenfeld hooked.

"His narrative gifts make him a pleasure to read," Victor Brombert said here in 1996.

His subtle intelligence, narrative gifts and intellectual honesty are outstanding.

He has the narrative gift which is to say that it is impossible to start reading him without getting caught up in the action behind his words.

She has vivid narrative gifts and a perceptive understanding of the main personalities.

Mr. Marshall has applied his narrative gifts as well to the intimate format of the comic book.

But the book is also - this must be stressed - splendidly written, driven by this writer's prodigious narrative gifts.