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THE PRISON LIFE OF HARRIS FILMORE

(224 pp.)—Jack Richardson—New York

Graphic Society ($3.95).

After 53 years of following all the rules, Bank President Harris Filmore made a slip and was sentenced to ten years for fraud. It cost him his wife, his twelve-room house in Westchester and the approval of his peers. He is sent to grim Audton prison, where, as Convict 3355, Filmore is closeted with assorted thieves, rapists and murderers.

But the point is that the rules are easier to follow inside Audton than outside. Under the ministrations of Warden Goad, Filmore discovers that each hour is filled with well-managed activity. His...