WIDE Is THE GATEUpton SinclairViking ($3).
Upton Sinclair has written still another novel about Lanny Budd, with his neat tan mustache, his Franco-American charm, and the art dealer's trade which takes him anywhere (TIME, Jan. 5, 1942).
Through three volumes totaling 2,230 pages Lanny has played Master of Ceremonies for a mammoth floorshow version of 20th-century history, and in the fourth he is still one of the most adroit and likable quick-change artists in the profession. He can beard Basil Zaharoff with tips from The Beyond, josh Hermann Goring, rip off a bit of...
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