Any sense of prurience is relieved by Mr Kahr's prose, which is sympathetic, witty and erudite.

ECONOMIST: Sexual fantasies

As neighbors, we often fail Magda in this way with our prurience, our tendency to jump to conclusions.

NEWYORKER: Magda Mandela

I. within the Justice Department, his often corrupt and intimidating hold on the directorship, his prurience, his phobias, his last days and death.

NEWYORKER: Movies

His smarmy prurience becomes a factor in national policy.

NEWYORKER: The Man in Charge