(4 of 4)
THE SLOW NATIVES, by Thea Astley. One of Australia's leading novelists tells a prickly story of a Brisbane family of intellectual pioneers who undergo a painful adjustment to a philistine society.
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER, by William Styron. A chilling and brilliant exploration of the mind and life of the mad, messianic Virginia slave who led a bloody rebellion in 1831.
THE PYRAMID, by William Golding. In this ostensibly simple tale of a bright lad who sacrifices principles to scale the ladder of the British class system, Golding explores his favorite theme—that all men inherit the evil of their ancestry.
ROUSSEAU AND REVOLUTION, by Will and Ariel Durant. This final volume of their 38-year labor to record man's progress across the span of 20 civilizations proves once again that the Durants are unique historians.
THE HEIR APPARENT, by William V. Shannon, examines the things that Bobby Kennedy has going for and against him in his bid for the presidency. Conclusion: there may be some formidable obstacles.
A GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS, by Joyce Carol Gates. A painful and naunting Dreiserian story of a poor little girl who acquires everything except happiness.
A HALL OF MIRRORS, by Robert Stone. One of the best first novels of the year deals with three characters on the periphery of vagrancy in New Orleans.
Best Sellers
FICTION
1. The Confessions of Nat Turner, Styron (3 last week)
2. Topaz, Uris (1)
3. The Gabriel Hounds, Stewart (2)
4. The Chosen, Potok (4)
5. Night Falls on the City, Gainham (5)
6. A Night of Watching, Arnold (7)
7. Rosemary's Baby, Levin (6)
8. The Arrangement, Kazan (8)
9. An Operational Necessity, Griffin 10. A Second-Hand Life, Jackson (9)
NONFICTION
1. Our Crowd, Birmingham (1)
2. Nicholas and Alexandra, Massie (2)
3. The New Industrial State, Galbraith (3)
4. A Modern Priest Looks at His Outdated Church, Kavanaugh (6)
5. Twenty Letters to a Friend, Alliluyeva (5)
6. Incredible Victory, Lord (4)
7. Anyone Can Make a Million, Shulman (7)
8. At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends, Eisenhower (8)
9. The Beautiful People, Bender
10. Rousseau and Revolution, W. and A. Durant
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