Barabbas, by Par Lagerkvist. The story of a reprieved cutthroat who was haunted to the end by the memory of Golgotha ; a fine novel by the 1951 Nobel Prizewinner (TIME, Dec. 3).
Closing the Ring. Volume V of Winston Churchill's incomparable history of World War II (TIME, Nov. .26).
Gods, Graves & Scholars, by C. W.
Ceram. The big men and big moments of modern archeology; proof that digging can be dramatic (TIME, Nov. 12).
The Conformist, by Alberto Moravia.
Italy's best novelist unravels the character of a Fascist (TIME, Nov. 12).
The Selected Letters of Henry Adams, edited by Newton Arvin. Memorable commentary on two...