“Only two years ago, what seemed like the whole bookish world applauded Harper’s firing of Judith Regan; the firebrand editor was too crass, too vulgar, too independent to work inside the system — and perhaps worst of all, her books were gross, unseemly, politically incorrect. Now, two years later, we’re may be witnessing Regan Redux, in the unlikely person of Neil Strauss. A thirtysomething onetime pop culture reporter for the New York Times, Strauss appears to be nothing like his muse. Except that he is a master of the kind of high-low books that were her hallmark.”