(4 of 4)
THE LOST CITY, by John Gunther. To those who remember the days of beats and journalistic feats in the '30s and '40s, Gunther's novel has enormous nostalgic value. The lost city is Vienna, and among its dashing celebrants were Dorothy Thompson and Vincent Sheean.
A START IN FREEDOM, by Sir Hugh Foot. Sir Hugh has spent his adult years and his considerable talents on helping British colonies to independence; his book is interesting both as memoir and practical political science.
GERMANS AGAINST HITLER, by Terence Prittie. Historians have been curiously reticent about the Germans who fought Hitler from the pulpit, in pamphlets and by direct action—mostly at the cost of their lives. Prittie's book does belated justice to those who battled Nazi totalitarianism.
A MOTHER'S KISSES, by Bruce Jay Friedman. A very funny novel about a domineering mother and her miserable teenage son. Friedman balances bitter humor and driving obsession to create an inimitable comic style.
MOZART THE DRAMATIST, by Brigid Brophy. A brilliant interpretation written so gracefully as to disarm criticism of the author's heavily Freudian outlook.
Best Sellers
FICTION 1. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Le Carré (3 last week)
2. Candy, Southern and Hoffenberg (1)
3. Armageddon, Uris (2)
4. The Rector of Justin, Auchincloss (5)
5. Julian, Vidal (4)
6. You Only Live Twice, Fleming (8)
7. This Rough Magic, Stewart (6)
8. The 480, Burdick (9)
9. Convention, Knebel and Bailey (7)
10. Boys and Girls Together, Goldman
NONFICTION
1. Harlow, Shulman (1)
2. A Moveable Feast, Hemingway (3)
3. The Invisible Government, Wise and Ross (2)
4. A Tribute to John F. Kennedy, Salinger and Vanocur (4)
5. The Kennedy Wit, Adler (6)
6. Four Days, U.P.I, and American Heritage (5)
7. The Italians, Barzini (10)
8. Mississippi: The Closed Society, Silver (7)
9. Diplomat Among Warriors, Murphy (8)
10. Crisis in Black and White, Silberman (9)
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