REQUIEM FOR A NUN (286 pp.]William FaulknerRandom House ($3).
Who is the best novelist writing in the U.S. today? By many a gaugeincluding the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literaturethe answer is William Faulkner. Yet Mississippi Novelist Faulkner can claim more roots than rooters in the U.S. One reason: his explosive Southern fables are sometimes hooked to devious verbal fuses that leave the average reader weary or wondering. When he wants to, Faulkner can also be as direct as a bolt of summer lightning. Requiem for a Nun is a tantalizing blend of both Faulkners....
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