Writers not connected with Nyugat included the versatile Ferenc Molnár, who, after a promising start as a writer of fiction, began to write cleverly constructed social comedies.
There are still people writing cleverly, wittily and thoughtfully about what happens at the wicket – not least my talented Guardian and Observer colleagues – but no more so, surely, than any other sport.
Having said that, it was written cleverly, and it always appeared to me that the plot had flourished and grew on it's own; that it wasn't the outcome of some author's toil.
Gina McKee looks too mature for an 18-year-old but has a fine mournful poise as the self-barricaded girl who digs herself out of her background by writing cleverly about corsets while dressing – satchel and flat shoes – as if she "were in the war".
Berninger has always written cleverly and frankly about nostalgia ("I am secretly in love with / everyone I grew up with," he offered on "Demons," from "Trouble Will Find Me"), but now he seems to be reckoning with how inert and immovable feelings of regret and longing are.
In each half, the writing cleverly reflects the texture of the music.
This novel is beautifully written and cleverly told.
His responses were verbose, well written, and cleverly obfuscatory in a way that left little room for doubt.
But it takes Emily, a sincere "Canoe" fan, to write the cleverly flattering yet self-effacing essay that becomes the contest winner.
"For all its power to disturb, this is a beautifully written and cleverly constructed novel that projects convincing personal relationships on to the feral backdrop of the Jamaican plantations".
