Must the deconstructionists have every last word?—not any more: Signs of the Times by David Lehman (Poseidon) is out in paperback and worth even penny. Here at last, a work that makes sense of the gobbledygook (by identifying it as gobbledygook), the solipsism and the tautology that constitute Literary Theory in its current trendy form. The one commonsense insight at the base of the theory remains, as it should, intact. Be assured: while reading this book, you will feel yourself thinking again, just like you remember you did before the invidious Academy stepped in to do your thinking for you.