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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1954
Page
24
A Gulf coast tale led by Carp Rambo a guitarist and thinker living poor yet proud. The novel follows his loves with Suzy Ellen and a second Ellen, his dealings with Hartram, and the beggar world at the river edge as he seeks meaning and dignity.
A warmly written piece by Mr Boles offers a clear small town setting and natural imagery. It presents gentle insights on living while balancing sentimental notes about beggars in the aur and the striking, old ballad feel his writing evokes.
Esther Todfeld reviews The Golden Chair a 288 page novel set in postwar Texas about a 12 year old boy Sidney and his friend Christine during a long summer. Their grandfather starts a rundown grocery with Sidney as general manager, as small town schemes, pay in sardines, and free pop fill the playful coming of age story.
Mary O'Hara documents her writing process in Novel in the Making. The diary records obstacles faced while crafting The Son of Adam Wyngate and the support from friends during cross country moves and in Monroe.
A flippant critique of Venus Rising by Chanies Gray son, noting its preposterous entertaining tone and lurid subject matter. The reviewer likens the novel to a McCall's Home Journal layout with glossy but implausible plots about a glamorous actress and a physician in a love triangle.
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, recounts a life of public service and private wit in his memoirs with a foreword by W Somerset Maugham. He profiles roles as Far East envoy, League of Nations head, and a life among royals and Riviera society. He notes a robbery incident with his Begum and a generous tip.
Before rescue, the enterprise was eight thousand dollars in the red. Sidney and Chris meddled in cousin Bud’s romance with Miss Honey Lou Hart, hiring a flopsy to vamp the competition with disastrous but humorous results. The Golden Chair won the recent Southwest Literary Award by Elsevier Press.
Mary O'Hara spent three years writing The Son of Adam Wyngate while residing in Monroe. She describes the process, her struggles with mind and editors, and moments with Russ Mason, the Monroe real estate agent who became her supportive partner and muse.
The celebrated Monroe author writes best at daybreak after coffee, then mid day at the typewriter. If plans fail she marks time with country drives and attentive observations of life, children and livestock, later visiting editors and friends to sharpen scenes. Dramatically, Mary O'Hara is described as slender and dark haired with strong features, a writer whose work will endure beyond current trends.
Phyllis Stock analyzes a late medieval English political world after Magna Carta focusing on Margaret and her husband Sir Falkes. The novel traces factions between the Anjou leopard and the French lily, exploring women's precarious power amid baronial strife and kingly politics.
The reviewer notes the author's commitment to actual events, with many characters drawn from Chronicles. While truth can be stranger than fiction, it can be less exciting, and Margaret's life features long waits and pauses that slow the plot, though the book remains well written and history rich.
Margaret Irwin’s Bloodstock collects eleven stories, five set in Ireland and well within her known landscape. Four tales explore witchcraft, two are historical Mrs Oliver Cromwell and Where the Beauty Lies, a romantic eighteenth century piece.
Eighteen eminent lawyers including Vice President Nixon Adlai Stevenson Roscoe Pound John W Davis Erle Stanley Gardner and Eric Jehreton choose their top crime tales for Fiction Goes to Court a Henry Holt publication scheduled for October.
A critique praising The Fifth Miracle as a delicately crafted tale with depth. It frames the book as a rare, architectural and floral fiction, comparing its elegance to Venetian glass. The story centers on Paulette, a French girl in a wartime refugee life, caring for Mama Louise in a factory town after her father’s disappearance.
A reviewer summarizes Paulette's Faith and devotion noting five miracles amid hardship. The piece compares reader experience to Mama Louise's uplift at story's end and calls the book a rare Christmas novel fit for family shelves year after year.
A thriller titled Storm Fear blends terror and conspiracy. Clinton Lesley authors the work set in Upper New York State, slated for publication in October by Henry Holt and Company.
A concise look at Toynbee's late study of history, noting the last four volumes completing the ten volume series and tracing the author’s long preparation since the 1920s. The piece cites Toynbee on civilizational waves and the atom bomb, with commentary on Western civilization and modern leadership.
William Alfred’s verse drama Agamemon adapts an ancient Greek tale. In an Introduction he notes the play is Greek by accident and expresses a private aim to reveal the stubborn will behind freedom’s long, costly drive.
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