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They are well 1 4. 1 drawn cl;arac~ers. these t~YO, {'~C 1 I 5. powerful 111 ~ts way. each .1ppealtng, 1 and totally dtfferent. . . 6. It is. a powerful, even a. gnpJ~ tn g I 7. st~ry, It catches y~ur emottOib rl~Hl l R. twtsts them about wtth thr. fate of tts characters a~ too few stones arc .ahle 10. to. do. It ~~ a fi: st nO\:el. \\T!tten 1 \\'tth<:ut flo~nshe s .. tnterestmgly. 111. a 1 ll. conctse swtft movmg man~er whtch 1 !!eems often to be convEersat10nCal. lZ. I 4 s: 19. - ~s TnF.R ~on.n 1 (September Booknrau) FICTIONThe Private Life of Hel~n of . Troy .................. .... Ersk111c Gentlemen Prefer Blondes .... L~os An American Tragedy · · · · · · DY(·r.scr The Blue Window .. ... ..... Bmlt.\' The Hounds of Spring .. Thompson Wild Geese ..... ... .... . ... Ostc11s~ Mantrap . . ................. . Le·u.ns Hangman's House .. . ....... B:,'rHc The Silver Spoon ...... Galswortlry After Noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E~ t~ The Perennial Bachelor .... 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