The New York Times Book Review, Alan Ehrenhalt: Gelernter's new book is all about good and evil, but mostly it is about evil.... Such an agenda might seem fated to produce a puritanical, mean-spirited, tedious piece of writing. Drawing Life is, in fact, witty and entertaining, and filled with provocative questions that no writer this good has forced upon us in a long time.

Synopsis:
A man who lived through an attack by the infamous Unabomber offers his personal tale of survival and resilience and challenges society to recognize that a willingness to acknowledge the presence of evil will provide the greatest weapon against it. 50,000 first printing. Tour."

The publisher, The Free Press, 09/08/97:
William F. Buckley praises David Gelernter! "Éradiant with wit and passion and a redemptive scorn for the author's targets. For the reader, the experience is explosively gratifying, a contact with a rawly inflamed and finely honed mind."

High praise from Michael Pakenham at the Baltimore Sun! "This is a savagely moving book. . . . Gelernter is an exquisite writer, much of the time. There is magic in his imagery, energy in his words, delight in his eye."