Books: Orson Wells

THE MYSTERY OF CITIZEN WELLES ORSON WELLES: A BIOGRAPHY by Barbara Leaming; Viking; 562 pages; $19.95 ORSON WELLES: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN GENIUS by Charles Higham; St. Martin's Press; 373 pages; $19.95 THE MAKING OF CITIZEN KANE by Robert L. Carringer University of California; 180 pages; $22.50

"I got a letter the other day from a woman . . . saying, 'We agreed when I was pregnant that you would not take any responsibility for my child, but I would like you to see what a fine boy he's grown up to be.' And there's a picture of...

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