Article: THE DISTRESSED LIFE OF NEWTON ARVIN.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)

Byline: Chris Fraas

THE SCARLET PROFESSOR - NEWTON ARVIN:

A Literary Life Shattered by Scandel

By Barry Werth.

Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 336 pages, $26.

Grade: C

Barry Werth is best known for his in-depth research and detailed writing in books such as The Billion-Dollar Molecule and Damages, and so one would have high hopes for his latest work, The Scarlet Professor - Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandel. However, this account, too often lacking in vivid detail and mired in uneven writing, never lives up to Werth's past work.

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