| But there's no real-life pianist savant here, no cutesy romance, no saving grace. |
| But his success meant that life imitated art, and he emerged as a business savant. |
| He is a man possessed by his calling, a savant given to seeking refuge in his own mind from the slings and arrows of life in the 16th century. |
| Whatever his motives, North's crusade has made him the idiot savant of big business. |
| The character is a form of idiot savant who combines the disability with the compensating special powers. |
| Like Dr. Schliemann he was no erudite savant, but an enthusiast with an eye for likely sites. |
