UNDER THE EYE OF THE STORM by John Hersey. 245 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. $4.95.
Novelist John Hersey has always fished for big themes, but they have not always stayed hooked. The Child-Buyer, a biting commentary on science worship, was flawed by too much special pleading. White Lotus, a parable about a white slave in yellow China, lacked credibility. Too Far to Walk was an entertaining but glib recital of the Faust story transplanted to a campus. In this novel Hersey solidly hooks his quarry and his reader. Under the Eye of the Storm is...
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