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THE DOCTOR IS SICK, by Anthony Burgess. Burgess' late-blooming agility as a humorist is evident in this 1960 novel, just now reaching the U.S. in the wake of his growing reputation.
THE LAST BATTLE, by Cornelius Ryan. As he proved in his D-day marathon, The Longest Day, the author is a thorough reporter, and his account of the fall of Berlin is an encyclopedic and frequently exciting narrative.
A GENEROUS MAN, by Reynolds Price. The novel romps with rare grace and good humor through the tangled woods of adolescence, first love and new manhood as a North Carolina farm boy hunts for his lost brother and a wandering python.
GAUGUIN IN THE SOUTH SEAS, by Bengt Danielsson. In a levelheaded account of Gauguin's exile years in Tahiti and the neighboring Marquesas, Anthropologist Danielsson perceives the man without debasing the artist.
PAPA HEMINGWAY, by A. E. Hotchner. Writing with candor, an old acquaintance gives a lively account of the most famous literary man of his generation.
A PASSIONATE PRODIGALITY, by Guy Chapman. This reissue of an authentic classic of World War I is more than an unforgettable memoir of life and death in the trenches; it stands as an elegy for an entire generation.
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