Books: The Confessions of Joe

THE BEST OF INTENTIONS (314 pp.)—Robert Molloy—Llpplncott ($3).

Joe Moreton, 42, earns $80 a week editing the house organ of a big company, reads good books, listens to good music on the radio, and has lately begun to think aloud. His wife Peggy, 41, is a trim little Irish woman whose scruples about birth control have lately begun to complicate their marriage. His children, a daughter 18 and a son 16, are a smart, self-possessed pair of youngsters who answer respectfully when he speaks to them, make moderated replies to his bitter wisecracks,...

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