MATADOR Marguerite Steen Little, Brown ($2.50).
To Anglo-Saxons Spanish bullfighting sounds like no sport at all. Spaniards agree that it is no sport, shrug their shoulders over the impossibility of explaining its fascination to a foreigner. For parlor aficionados (fans), Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon (TIME, Sept. 26, 1932) is a compendious if somewhat arty guide. For plainer readers who prefer their foreign stuff wrapped in a good romantic yarn, Matador will do well. Marguerite Steen's cape-work is not so professional as Matador Hemingway's, but she puts on a good show.
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