Ship of Fools | Critical Overview
When it was first published, Ship of Fools received near universal acclaim from reviewers. Leading the admiring chorus was Mark Schorer, in the New York Times Book Review (reprinted in Katherine Anne Porter: A Collection of Critical Essays), who called the book “a unique imaginative achievement.” He praised Porter’s “perfectly poised ironical intelligence” and “the brilliance and variety of characterization.” Louis Auchincloss, in the New York Herald Tribune (reprinted in Critical Essays on Katherine Anne Porter) was equally enthusiastic,...
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