THE TOOTH MERCHANT
byC.L. SULZBERGER 275 pages. Quadrangle. $7.95.
Since World War II, New York Times Columnist C.L. Sulzberger has been prowling Europe's corridors of power, acquiring a broad acquaintance with Poo-Bahs, potentates, foreign ministers and heads of state. Presented in daily print, the fruits of his labors have customarily shown more care than flare, and a neutral observer might have assumed that if Sulzberger ever got round to a novel, it would be one of those ponderous constructions that bore the reader while portentously trading on the author's expertise.
Not so. In The Tooth Merchant, Sulzberger's knowledge is very much in evidence, but...
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