NOT IN OUR STARS Josiah E. Greene Macmillan ($3).
Those who look upon the morning milk as one wholesome symbol of purity in an otherwise sullied world may not feel quite the same after reading this book. A long, character-full novel of rancor, frustration, and sex in a commercial dairy, by Sergeant Josiah E. Greene, 34, ex-writer of pulp thrillers and children's stories, Not in Our Stars has won the $2,500 Macmillan Centenary Award. With an impressively technical knowledge of modern milk-producing, a smooth, unpretentious narrative style, and a good ear for dialogue,...