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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1963
Page
22
Ben Hecht recalls his Chicago youth before World War I in this lively reminiscence. The veteran writer portrays a world of reporters, crooks, and colorful characters, with anecdotes that range from bawdy to vivid, echoing the era that inspired The Front Page.
A roundup of paperback offerings introduces Costain’s The Last Plantagenets and other recent novels. Highlights include Ian Stuart’s The Satan Bug, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, Hornblower and the Hotspur, Sign of the Larr0s, Gidget Goes to Rome, Fail-Safe, Youngblood Hawke, and Blue Nile with publishers and prices.
August release features updated translations of Carmen Colomba and selected Merimee Balzac works. New afterwords by George A. Steiner Henry Peyre and Walter J. Cobb accompany editions of The Fatal Skin The American The Deerslayer The Old Wives Tale and Tom Jones. Notable editors include Allan Nevins John Wain Frank Akermode and Leon Edel.
Betty Smith presents Annie a loyal, persistent and self sacrificing heroine in a Brooklyn tale set in 1927. Carl Brown and Annie McGairy fall in love as he enters a Midwestern law program and they marry after she turns eighteen amid stern in laws and pursuit of independence.
A catalog-like fragment lists several books and authors across fiction and nonfiction categories. Notable items include The Fire Next Time by Baldwin and Travels with Charley by Steinbeck, intermingled with various other titles and author names.
The list includes Hawke Havk Fe and Wouk Fail Safe alongside works by Burdick Wheeler Spicer Uhuru Roark Ley Steinbeck Another Country Baldwin Day and more. Titles span fiction philosophy memoirs and self help with Rush to publish noted authors Like Steinbeck Baldwin Baldwin Peale and King.
Mary Deasy depicts the Cournane family during a three day homecoming to mark Father Michael’s priestly milestone. The clan’s faults—self righteousness hypocrisy and stubbornness—drive Jack Cournane’s ruin through love and ambition, while Thressa Dawes the housekeeper faces comeuppance.
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