Books: Who's Who

I'M NOT STILLER (363 pp.)—Max Frisch—Abelard-Schuman ($4.50).

It was a U.S. passport, issued in the name of Sam White by the American consul in Mexico City. The customs officer at the Swiss border seized it and said abruptly to Sam: "Come with me." "My train will be leaving any minute,'' protested Sam. "Is there something wrong with my passport?" But the official handed him over to an inspector of police, who began firing absurd questions at him: "You have a wife living in Paris. Is that right?" "So you yourself are a sculptor ... Is...

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