THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV (188 pp.)John SteinbeckViking ($3).
At long last, France decided that the French Revolution had all been a big mistake (some readers will say "I told you so"). Caught in a parliamentary impasse to end all parliamentary impasses, the National Assembly decided to abolish the republic and restore the monarchy. Hour-ra! Vive le roi!
This is the central situation of John Steinbeck's latest bookletan underdone novel and overdone gag which is a long, long way from wrathful Okies and Tortilla Flat. After Author Steinbeck and the Assembly make their momentous...
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