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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1966
Page
7
Amis offers a counter espionage novel blending satire and farce with a base near an English countryside. A stray cast of oddballs, a secret weapons program, and a romance drive a twisted ending that weighs life, faith, and courage.
Dorothy Gies McGuigan’s engaging biography traces the Habsburg line from early splendor to decline across centuries of wars reforms and revolutions. It highlights Maximilian and Franz Joseph while noting the dynasty’s wealth problems marriages and shifting imperial role in a brisk readable chronicle.
David Walker presents a sequel to the 1950 novel Geordie about a Scottish Highlands boy inspired by a girl named Jean. The engaging work continues the tale of a wee lad facing growth and challenges in the highlands.
Publishers' Weekly compiles current best sellers with fiction led by Valley of the Dolls Susann and Tai-Pan Clavell while nonfic includes How to Avoid Probate Dacey and Games People Play Berne. The lineup also features The Adventurers Robbins The Detective Thorp The Double Image Macinnes Papa Hemingway Hotchner and Two Under the Indian Sun Godden and Godden.
Huntsville group presents The Drunkard at The Huntsville Mall new auditorium August 17 with Joe Dickinson in the lead. John Hartwell stars as the mustached villain and Charlene Hughes plays the Drunkard’s wife alongside Grace Morreis Jane Couchois Dave Cowart and Alexy Richard in supporting roles.
Eliot Fremont-Smith reviews Indian Summer by John Knowles, a follow up to A Separate Peace. He argues the novel extends the theme of power and betrayal, showing a strong man abusing a weaker friend and his wife, with moral controversy and troubling hero worship shaping the narrative. The critic ponders Knowles’s motives, influence, and control over material.
Miles A Smith reviews Geordie MacTaggart in its sequel as a complete tale. Geordie, now in his forties and a lodge keeper, guides his son Charlie through rebellion and a feud with Maggie Oliphant while the Laird negotiates change. Walker's lively Highlands storytelling shines with sturdy individualists.
Show Invites Alabamians to enter the 9th annual Jacksonville Florida Arts Festival set for Oct. 59. Entries limited to original prints and drawings with a Sept. 10 deadline. Judge Maurice Lasansky, art professor at Iowa State University, will preside. Prizes include five $10 purchase awards.
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