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2A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, September 10, 1966 eT UAL LLL LLL LIBRARY NEWS AND REVIEWS NEW COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES Writer Provides Background of Suspense lace, Chief Librarian, Laughlin Public Library. Plotting And Writing Sus- pense Fiction, by Patricia Highsmith. Within a short text (150 pages), one of a series published for beginners in the writing field, a successful nov- elist presents the essentials of suspense fiction and shows how these techniques can be ap- plied to all novels and short stories. Miss Highsmith is an Amer- fcan author, whose books have -- been published in the United States, England and several European countires. Her first novel "Strangers on a Train" (1949) was bought by Alfred Hitcheock and made into a film which has been called "'Hitch- cock's greatest thriller." There have been ten Highsmith sus- pense novels to date, including "The Two Faces of January" awarded the prize for the "'best foreign crime novel of 1964" he the Rritich Crima Writare Association; "The Glass. Cell (1964); and "The Story Teller" (1965). Using her own books as ex- amples, the author takes us behind the scenes in a writer's life, showing us how she finds story ideas and begins a novel, always keeping in mind the goal of suspense novels, to sur- prise, excite and entertain the reader. Even more important, the writer himself must enjoy the experience of writing his book, Miss Highsmith shows how to develop plots, how to proceed from the first to the second draft of a manuscript and how the necessary revi- sions are made. The chapter "Case History of 'The Glass Cell'" tells in detail how the author has applied her original and inventive use of coinci- dence and of almost, impossible situations. PROBLEMS DISCUSSED Problems besetting all writers are discussed: how te find muhlichar how ta read a contract, whether or not an agent is necessary, financial difficulties, her own regret at having become '"'typed" as a suspense writer, forever limited to four + line reviews. Ak together, this is a fascinating. and stimulating book for both writers and readers, Sabres On The Sand, by Geoffrey Household. In this new collection of short stories by the well-known English nov- elist, author of "Rogue Male" and "Watcher in the Shadows," we see the work of an adroit- craftsman. The stories range in time and setting from a quiet English village where a pagan altar is discovered under a tea-shop, to Bucharest in 1923 where an impetuous young. Englishman finds himself involved in a pre- posterous duel with sabres (the story which gives its name to the book). The most amusing tale is "The Battle of Musso- lini whorain four Wnolich nric. oners try to escape from an Italian prison camp in 1944 with the aid of a friendly goat nicknamed Mussolini. Household' has sketched a colourful variety of characters placed in unusual situations:| an Engtish governess German ~- occupied Hungary; a Spanish spy, a Basque farmer, a Serbian peasant. Each story reveals candour and sympathy, irony and wunder- standing and the author's lively sense of humour. NEWS During the summer the staff of the Adult Department has prepared and put through the Xerox machine 100,000 cards. Over 20,000 cards have been re-typed and re-filed. The Film Department is being moved into its new quar ters and new films are being pre-viewed for purchase. The winner of the August Reading Club will be announced next week. 2 LL Lm TM ULE History Of French Canada SHOW TIMES NEW ODEON -- Started last Thursday for one week, it's the king of the blues, Elvis Presley in "Frankie and Johnny", co- starring Nancy Kovack, Sue Ann Langdon, Audrey Christie and Donna Douglas. Elvis turns the land of the blues red hot with 11 great songs. Weekdays shown at 7.00 and $.10 pm. Saturday continuous from 1.00 p.m. and Sunday con- tinuous from 2.00 p.m. Starting next Thursday "Viva Marie" with Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau. A musical comedy. Slapstick sex by Bardot-Moreau and George Hamilton. A wham! Bardot is a tigress of mayhem, a fem- inine James Bond. Well on the way to the funniest picture of the year, Shown weekdays at 7.00 and 9.10 p.m. Saturday continuous from 1.00 p.m. and Sunday con- tinuous from 2.00 p.m. ' MARKS -- Saturday and Sunday only, the most talked about picture of our times. "The Wild Angels", in color. Starring Nancy Sinatra and Peter Fonda. Also in the cast are the members of Hell's Angels of Venice, California. Restricted. Showtime: Continuous from 1.00 p.m. on Saturday and on Sunday continuous from 2.00 p.m. For all Elvis Presley fans starting Thursday of next week for four days. "Girl Happy" in color. A musical comedy co- , Starring Shelly Fabares, Also on the same program a biblical spectacular 'Hercules, Samson, Ulysses" in color. Star- ring Kirk Morris. Showtimes weekdays continu- ous from 7.00 p.m. Saturday continuous from 2.00 p.m. ' PLAZA -- Now. playing for an extended run, Alfred Hitch- AT MOVIES cock's "Torn Curtain". Starring Paul Newman as the American scientist who in order to com- plete a project on which he is working for the United States must trick information from the brain of a scientist in an unfriendly country and Julie Andrews, as his secretary and fiancee, who, for security rea- sons cannot be let in on the plan, adds to the complications by unwittingly tagging along. In color, Shown daily at 2.10, 4.35, 7.00 and $.25 p.m. Last comipieie show at 9.15 p.m. REGENT -- Now playing, a mad hilarious sex farce, a mo- tion picture that gives comedy something to shoot at. Mar- cello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress team in "The Tenth Victim", in color. Shown daily at 1.30, 3.25, 5.25, 7.25 and 9.25. Last complete show at 9.10 p.m. Starting Wednesday, it's fun for old and young when Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan and Akim Tamiroff star in Walt Disney's "Lieutenant Robinson Crusoe". in technicolor. That other Crusoe never had it so good or so funny. Special chil- dren's matinee daily at 4.45 p.m, Shown daily at 2.10, 4.45, 7.15, 9.45. Last complete show at 9.05 p.m. DRUGS SAID USELESS VANCOUVER (CP)--A Van- couver surgeon said Wednesday 22 of the 23 generic brands of the drug phenylbutazone used in British Columbia hospitals are virtually useless; Dr. Gordon Hepworth said even the. other one is only 60 per cent as effec- tive as the 'ethical' Canadian under the: name' Butazolodine. brand-name product, marketed |. By W. R. WHEATLEY Canadian Press Staff Writer Montreal, Island City of the St. Lawrence (Doubleday), not only tells an absorbing story of the city from _§its early days but, virtually of necessity, reaches into the re- lated history of French Can- mAn * itself. The 517-page book is thor- oughly detailed and impres- sively documented. Its chap- ters, with year - cycles as headings, carry the reader along chronologically from the day in' 1535 when Jacques Cartier stepped ashore at the Indian settlement of Hoche- laga to the modern times of a great industrial and commer- cial centre. Along the way are wars with the Indians, establish- ment of fur trading, conquest by the British, occupation of Montreal by the Americans before the American Revolu- tion, tempestuous days of rioi- ing during the two world wars. Also related are stormy days of municipal bickerings and upheavals and reforms, the city's society and slums and winter sports, and here and there is the thread of bi- culturalism in a two-language city. WRITTEN BY NATIVE Author is Kathleen Jenkins, Montreal - born, graduate of McGill University and char- ter member of the Canadian Library Association, Montreal did not become es- tablished as a permanent set- tlement until 1642--Ville-Marie de Montreal. In 1660 the pop- ulation was only 350. In the early days of fur trad- ing there was bitter rivalry between Montreal and Albany --between French and Eng- lish--and there were raids both ways. As far back as 1709 Monf- real had iis iraific problems, and. it was decreed that no person could have more than two mares and a colt. Also, there was regret that because of the growing use of sleighs the new generation was be- coming soft. In. 1734 the first wheeled ve- hicle traversed a road that had been opened between Montreal and Quebec. At the time of the Ameri- ean Civil War in the 1860s, opinion was first for the North. Then it swung to the South because of tariff prob- lems and fears of aggression. Representatives of the Con- federacy began opening of- fices in. Canada. The author relates that St. Lawrence Hall, one of the leading hos- telries in Montreal, "won fame as having the only bar in the country to serve mint juleps." Came the First World War and opposition te the military service bill. But it also saw the establishment, Sept. 30, 1914, of the Royal 22nd Regi- ment--the famed Van Doos. During the Second World War Mayor Camillien Houde publicly opposed national reg- istration, terming it equiva- lent te conscription. He was interned, but after his release was given a wild ovation. He In Montreal, Island City again served his city as mayor. When Confederation came officially into existence July 1, 1867, there were celebra« tions and games and fire works. Get With The Times! 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