(4 of 4)
NEVER CALL RETREAT, by Bruce Catton. Deservedly the bestselling of Civil War historians, Catton shows the South overwhelmed and analyzes two great leaders: Lincoln, who resisted vindictive penalties on the South, and Lee, who refused to start a guerrilla war in the Virginia hills, which would have bled the country dry.
WARD 7, by Valeriy Tarsis. A bitter novel about a group of Russian intellectuals languishing in an insane asylum because they dared oppose Soviet leaders.
REPORT TO GRECO, by Nikos Kazantzakis. The tormented Greek writer's autobiography is a powerful, personal testament and a key to the sources of his obsession with God. Kazantzakis died when the book was only in first draft, but the occasional rudeness and awkwardness show the raw energy in his creative gift.
THE LOOKING GLASS WAR, by John le Carré. The author sends another ungimmicky thriller out to fight the cold war with James Bond. Grey East Germany and red-taped London are again the settings; the spy is another drab, lonely man.
THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, by Giorgio Bassani. The author was responsible for the posthumous publication of Lampedusa's The Leopard, and he has learned much from the master. Bassani's gracefully written novel depicts the elegant, decadent world of a rich Jewish family and its confrontation with Fascism and death.
Best Sellers
FICTION
1. The Source, Michener (1 last week)
2. Hotel, Hailey (3)
3. Up the Down Staircase, Kaufman (2)
4. The Man with the Golden Gun, Fleming (6)
5. The Looking Glass War, le Carré (5)
6. Don't Stop the Carnival, Wouk (9)
7. The Green Berets, Moore (4)
8. The Ambassador, West (7)
9. Night of Camp David, Knebel (10)
10. The Flight of the Falcon, Du Maurier
NON FICTION 1. The Making of the President, 1964, White (1) 2. Intern, Doctor X (3) 3. A Gift of Prophecy, Montgomery (6) 4. Is Paris Burning? Collins and Lapierre (2) 5. Markings, Hammarskjöld (5) 6. Games People Play, Berne (4) 7. The Oxford History of the American People, Morison (7) 8. The Memoirs of an Amnesiac, Levant (8) 9. Sixpence in Her Shoe, McGinley (9) 10. Report to Greco, Kazantzakis
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