Baldwin's Giovanni's Room Set for October Release
The Dial Press selects October 15 for Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin about an American in Paris and his intense affair with Giovanni the Italian barman. The volume follows Baldwin's earlier works and notes his awards while he writes Another Country in France.
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Giovanni
James Baldwin
Baldwin
Paris
Spain
Howard University
Partisan Review
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Eugene Saxton
France
Country
Captain Rebel by Frank Yerby
Review notes Frank Yerby’s Civil War novel Captain Rebel centers on Ty Meredith a Confederate blockade runner. Settings span New Orleans London Baltimore and Nassau with three women central Lauriel Susan and Ruth while Meredith’s rebel ideal clashes with faith and duty in a fast paced historical tale.
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Frank Yerby
New York
the Dial Press
Captain Rebel
Tyler Meredith
United States
Annapolis
Meredith
Joe
Ty Meredith
Lauriel Doumier
Susan Drake
Ruth Forester
Rea
New Orleans
London
Baltimore
Nassau
Elsie Mae Sink
Fairy Tale For Grown-Ups The Year Of Love Review
The review describes Margaret Lee Runbeck’s The Year of Love a fairy tale set in India. Soni marries Anand after a dowry and land dispute but family treachery leads to tragedy. Soni defies tradition by aiding a mission and caring for a found baby, revealing hope beyond superstition.
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Margaret Lee Runbeck
Boston
Houghton Mifflin
India
Soni
Gopal
Rama
Vardana
Anand
Mission Clinic
Govind
Ayie Devi
Best Sellers List Compiled by Publishers' Weekly
Fiction titles include Dont Go Near the Water by William Brinkley A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan The Last Hurrah by Edin O Connor The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir A Thing of Beauty by A J Cronin Nonfiction features Eisenhower The Inside Story by Robert J Donovan Arthritis and Common Sense by Dan Dale Alexander Profiles in Courage by John F Kennedy Roosevelt The Lion and the Fox by James M Burns guestward ho by Parbara Hooton and Patrick Dennis
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Publishers’ Weekly
William Brinkley
Francoise Sagan
Edin O'Connor
Simone de Beauvoir
A. J Cronin
Eisenhower
Robert J. Donovan
Arthritis
Dan Dale Alexander
John F. Kennedy
Roosevelt
James M. Burns
Guestward
Ho! Parbara Hooton
Patrick Dennis
Windsors Set Up Painters Award Exchange Plan
New York report states the Windsor Awards, Inc. will sponsor an exchange of European and American painters. The program aims to fund travel for young artists to gain exposure to contemporaries, ideas, and techniques, with an announcement outlining the start of the program.
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New York
Duke and Duchess of Have
Snenenat
Windsor Awards, Inc
Author Of The Week Charles Mercer Profile
Charles Mercer is an Associated Press reporter since 1942 and author of the third novel Rachel Cade. The piece notes his career in radio World War II and Korea, his Africa visit for a news assignment, and his residence in Glen Ridge.
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Charles Mercer
Rachel Cade
Korea
Associated Press
Africa
Gies
Glen Ridge
Suspenseful Tale Af ternoon of an Auto Crat
Norah Lofts offers a late eighteenth century Suffolk mystery set in Clevely manor. Richard Shelmadine returns to unsettle the village as Mr Mundford’s ominous influence and Damask Shelmadine’s pact with power drive the plot amid enclosure and social change. Lady Shermadine and bailiff Hadstock resolve the mystery and its costs.
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Norah Lofts
New York
Doubleday and Company Inc
Nora Lofts
Clevely
Suffolkshire
Charles Shelmadine
Clevely Manor
Richard Shelmadine
British East India Company
London
Mr. Mundford
Mr. Mundford, Whose Slightest Appearance Sends Lady Shermadine
Miss Lofts
England
Amos Greenway
Damask
Danny Fuller
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