Books: End of Innocence

End of Innocence STOPOVER: TOKYO (313 pp.)—John P. Marquand—Llftle, Brown ($4.50).

MR. MOTO'S THREE ACES (447 pp.) —John P. Marquand—Liffle, Brown ($3.95).

B owing and scraping, the man in the purplish blue suit and the yellow shoes flashes a toothy smile gleaming with gold inlays. He hisses a greeting with all the ineffable politeness of an old-school Japanese. Who is he? Mr. Moto, of course, back in print after a 15-year absence owing to a slight unpleasantness between the U.S. and Japan. Author Marquand created his serial agent in the 19305 after a trip to the Orient, and it is...

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