SWEET & SOUR by Andrew A....

SWEET & SOUR by Andrew A. Rooney (Berkeley: $5.99; 305 pp.). There’s something patently false about an Emmy-winning television commentator posing as a Regular Guy who loses odd socks in the dryer and balks at paying $27 for a tie. Despite his ingenuous stance, Rooney is not a dispenser of folk wisdom, but of folksy wisdom, the sort of down-home corn American audiences savor: The fruit in stores isn’t as good as it used to be; self-service hasn’t made gas cheaper and--significantly, in light of past controversies--”I’m tired of fighting my prejudices. I’m going to relax and enjoy them.”