Beilis Case Retold In Halamud's The Fixer
Eliot Fremont-Smith notes Malamud based The Fixer on Mendel Beilis case with Yakov Bok a Jewish handyman wrongfully jailed in Kiev. The novel traces his arrest, torture, and fate under Tsarist oppression and Bibikov the magistrate, ending with a defiant trial and symbolic revolutionary undertones.
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Bernard Halamud
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Beilis
Kiev
Russia
Mendel Beilis
Yakov Bok
Yakov
Malamud
Black Hundreds
Nicholas II
Bibikov
Eliot Fremont-Smith
New York Times News Service
Bombay passes long delayed cow slaughter ban
After a 12 year lapse the Greater Bombay municipal corporation adopted a resolution banning cow slaughter within the city limits. Introduced in May 1954 the measure aimed to protect sacred cows. the sponsors who proposed it had died in the interim.
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Bombay
India
Greater
Municipal Corporation
With Kennedy Memoir by Pierre Salinger
Eliot Fremont-Smith reviews Salinger’s insider memoir centered on the Kennedy era. The book recounts key figures and events while noting limited new insights and cautious analysis of government press relations.
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Pierre Salinger
Doubleday
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Khrushchev
Salinger
Theodore C. Sorensen
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Robert F Kennedy
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
U.S. Senate
California
Clair Engle
Lincoln
Express
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Berlin
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B. Johnson
Viet Nam
Digest of Best Sellers In Fiction And Nonfiction
A compiled list highlights top titles across fiction and nonfiction. Notable works include Valley of the Dolls by Susann and In Cold Blood by Capote among other featured authors and books.
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New York Times News Service
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Robbins
Clavell
Michener
Giles
St. Johns
Jamie
Sree
Kemelman
Dacey
Berre
Masters
Johnson
Ryan
Papa Hemingway
Hotchner
Edwards
Ett
Godden
Beebe
Capote
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Manry
The Last Jew in America Review by Leslie Fiedler
Leslie A. Fiedler's The Last Jew in America collects three linked stories set in a Rocky Mountain town Lew is and Clark City. The three protagonists confront origins and identity through outrageous satiric scenes and bold humor while Fiedler critiques literary pretensions.
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Eliot Fremont- Smith
New York Times News Service
America
Leslie A. Fieldler
Stein & Day
Leslie A. Fiedler
Fiedler
University of Montana
Fredie
West
Rocky Mountain University
Lewis and Clark City
Zoological Department
Wis Asimat
Golden Gloves
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