War's Battles and Betrayals in World War II Novels
The review surveys Henderson the Rain King and The Forsaken Army with Gerlach’s Stalingrad tale and Horbach’s bridge defense, noting shared themes of endurance and collapse. It compares American and German wartime perspectives, calling both books strong, vivid, and reminiscent of other WWII works.
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Henderson the Rain King
Michael
Saul Bellow
Viking
Horbach
Robert Kee
Coward McCann
Heinrich Gerlach
Richard Graves
Harper
Ravensburg
Hagen
Kannstadt
Stadelhofer
Noncoms Richards
Arnd
Gerlach
Stalingrad
Breuer
Lakosch
Col. Unold
Ivan
Ammuni
A Kiss The Ghost Of Monsieur Scarron
Janet Lewis crafts a dark historical novel set in Versailles and Paris where Louis XIV rules and a web of betrayals leads to murder. Jean Larcher, his wife Marianne, their son Nicolas, and Paul Damas move through boundless passion, justice, and vengeance as tragedy closes in with death.
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Monsieur Scarron
Janet Lewis
Doubleday
Louis XIV
Jean Larcher
Marianne
Nicolas
Paul Damas
Auxerre
Versailles
Miss Lewis
Talk THE YOUNG ASSASSINS by Juan Goytisolo
A teenage Madrid youth gang and a few girls pursue a dangerous misadventure in a present day city setting. Their philosophy and reactions lead to catastrophe as their leader Ana guides a fatal outcome. The youths are portrayed as moral yet misguided rather than criminal.
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Madrid
Dan
Grea
Ana
David
Augustin
Archie
Raul
Tee
Honeymoon with a Bugatti in French to English
Penelope and Guillaume marry and take a lively Italian honeymoon in a battered Bugatti. The pair, Parisian and Parisien, travel from Capri to Venice while the groom's habits and the car’s quirks reveal a comic, disillusioned romance that ends in exuberant love.
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Penelope
Parisienne
Guillaume
Parisien
Robbers Outwitted by German Call in Brighton Liquor Store
Mrs Elsie Naeb, talking on the phone from her husband's liquor store, spoke in German during a holdup. Her daughter-in-law alerted police. Jose Hernandez aged 20 and Nash Hernandez aged 18 were arrested and admitted the $74 robbery. No charges filed yet.
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Brighton
Colo
Elsie Naeb
Herbert Naeb
Jose Hernandez
Nash Hernandez
Robert Roberts
Interlude EIGHT DAYS by Gabriel Fielding
The English doctor William Chance mourns his wife and seeks renewal in Africa where he meets a group of adventurers led by the unstable Marcovicz. A Catholic convert, Chance confronts flesh and conscience amid passion and danger in a morally charged, uneven novel.
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William Chance
Africa
Chance
Marcovicz
Magdalena
Macgrady
Anna
Fraser
Friese
Fielding
Greenbloom
Solve A Crime Solution in a Flood Belt Note
A crime narrative contrasts a witness in a lit office with night time visibility and questions how Phil Heek inferred a partner was shot. It then describes the Mississippi River flood belt in Louisiana spanning about 50 miles wide and 40 miles long protected by extensive levee systems.
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Phil Heekin
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Birth of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Hamburg
Ann NASS notes Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy the famous composer was born in Hamburg to Jewish parents The Bartholdy surname was added when the family converted to Protestant faith leading to the later name change.
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Ann Nass
Felix Mendelssohn - Bartholdy
Hamburg
Germany
Bartholdy
Cryolite Found Mainly in Greenland for Aluminum Refining
The text notes that cryolite occurs in large quantities primarily in Greenland and highlights its essential role in the aluminum refining process.
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Greenland
Best Sellers Digest Fiction and Nonfiction Highlights
Current best sellers list features Doctor Zhivago and Lolita in fiction alongside From the Terrace and The Ugly American. Nonfiction includes Only in America and Aku Aku with notable World War II histories and adventure titles by Heyerdahl and Boone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zhivago
Pasternak
Lolita
Nabokov
O'Hara
Lederer
Burdick
Exodus
Uris
America
Golden
Aku-Aku
Heyerdahl
Boone
Wedemeyer
Viscount Montgomery
Alamein
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Augie March
Henderson
Grenfell
Labrador
Off
Mummah
Juan Goytisolo
Pine St
Nichole de Buron
Virginia Graham
Norton
Capri
Sicily
Venice
Atlantic Savings and Loan Association
the “Carillonic Bells
N. Main Street
High Point, N. C
Gabriel Fielding
Morrow
Davis Patrol & Detective Agency
Jack S. Davis
McGhee Drug Co
Ug Post Office
Venith
Pew Ge
Space Command
Constrol
Gerrett
Diag
Moos
Seetiite
Emith Space Command
Central Appliance CO
North Main
Gilbert E. Marsh
Warner's Transfer & Storage
Thomasville
Dry Cleaning
Leonard
N. Wrenn
High Point
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