cover image The Walls Around Us: The Thinking Person's Guide to How a House Works

The Walls Around Us: The Thinking Person's Guide to How a House Works

David Owen. Vintage Books USA, $14 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-679-74144-2

With wry wit, Owen tells about his Connecticut house and how it works, or doesn't work, lacing his humor with informative vignettes. (Dec.)