| It contains many gems, some of which are asides about how books can be dangerous in unexpected ways. |
| In his prose he becomes a powerful presence, a personality with obstinate opinions and sardonic asides. |
| But the announcer intoned visitors' names in a voice so soft, so dipped, that those men were reduced to whispered asides. |
| Promises will be made, seductive asides will be whispered into shell-like ears, egos will be stroked. |
| You mentioned language and its multiple meaning, metaphorical asides, its evocative transgressions and endearing intentionality. |
| Interviewees have thus been treated to loftily dismissive asides, barely stifled yawns and muffled harrumphs. |
