Books: New Books: Aug. 27, 1923

The following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion: THE MAN WHO ATE THE POPOMACK—W. J. Turner—Brentanos ($1.50). The popomack is a fruit— the rarest and most delicious fruit known to mankind. It had only one drawback—its unpardonable smell— and the fact that that smell transferred itself to anyone who ate the fruit. Lord Revoir ate of the popomack. What happened to him then is the theme of this extraordinary allegorical play by a young British poet. Two of the...

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