D . Keith Mano, of " The New York Times Book Review " gave the book a " rave " review, stating that " Read's style is savage : unliterary, undecorated as a prosecutor's brief . " He also described the book as an important one:
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As an explanation for any of these plane crashes _ let alone all three _ Scarry's theory is generally considered extremely unlikely . ( Ultimately, the NTSB ruled out EMI as a factor in the TWA disaster . ) But more interesting than whether she turns out to be right or wrong is the intellectual temperament that led Scarry to such unliterary pursuits in the first place.
