Download or read book A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays written by Mary McCarthy and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best remembered for her novels and memoirs, Mary McCarthy was a tireless social and literary critic who tackled everything from McCarthyism, Watergate, and Vietnam to Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill, Madame Bovary, and women's fashion magazines.