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JUBB, by Keith Waterhouse. Through the weird alchemy of talent and restraint, British Novelist Waterhouse (Billy Liar) turns the story of a lonely voyeur into a novel with both compassion and comedy.
ONE FAT ENGLISHMAN, by Kingsley Amis. This year's liveliest comic novel dissects the endless ploys of a rich and artful British self-seeker to discomfit the U.S. colonials and get the girl.
THE OLD MAN AND ME, by Elaine Dundy. A sequel in spirit to her bestselling novel, The Dud Avocado, this one is about the adventures of a gallant, galling young lady who tries, without manners or morals, to secure a place for herself in London's Mayfair society.
Best Sellers
FICTION
1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Le Carré (1 last week)
2. The Group, McCarthy (2)
3. Convention, Knebel and Bailey (8)
4. The Wapshot Scandal, Cheever (4)
5. The Deputy, Hochhuth
6. The Martyred, Kim (5)
7. The Venetian Affair, Maclnnes (3)
8. The Night in Lisbon, Remarque
9. Von Ryan's Express, Westheimer (6) 10. The Hat on the Bed, O'Hara (7)
NONFICTION
1. Four Days, U.P.I, and American Heritage (1)
2. A Day in the Life of President Kennedy, Bishop (2)
3. Diplomat Among Warriors, Murphy (3)
4. Profiles in Courage, Kennedy (4)
5. My Years with General Motors, Sloan (5)
6. The Naked Society, Packard (9)
7. The Green Felt Jungle, Reid and Demaris
8. When the Cheering Stopped, Smith
9. Confessions of an Advertising Man, Ogilvy
10. J.F.K.: The Man and the Myth, Lasky (8)
*All times E.S.T. through April 25. E.D.T. thereafter.