Neither Hay Nor Grass

John Gould's unrestrained humor is a pleasure--the dry Yankee kind that makes you laugh in retrospect. Throughout <I>Neither Hay Nor Grass</I> radiates the happy glow of warm family relationships studded with shrewd appraisals of nature--human animal governmental and divine. Gould's signature salty irreverence is on full display as water pollution bankers income tax education and interior decorators all come in for a hearty lacing. At the same time his articulate and boundless delight in everyday things is deeply refreshing.