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The Wayward Comrade and the Commissars, by Yurii Olesha. The author later found it advisable to become a docile party-liner, but in the 1920s, when he wrote the short fiction pieces in this paper- back collection, he was one of Communism's most caustic satirists.
Venetian Red, by P. M. Pasinetti. A wry, old-fashioned novel of modern Venice, concerned with such formidable matters as love, death, courage and the Fascist corruption of Italy.
Food for Centaurs, by Robert Graves. Besides writing with wit and learning about the centaurs' food (aphrodisiac mushrooms), the author renders highly personal judgments on Judas and Benedict Arnold (no traitors), afterworlds (dull) and Ava Gardner (delightful).
Best Sellers FICTION
1. Advise and Consent, Drury (1) *
2.Hawaii, Michener (2 )
3. The Leopard, Di Lampedusa (4)
4. The Constant Image, Davenport (3)
5. The Lincoln Lords, Hawley (5)
6. Trustee from the Toolroom, Shute (6)
7. Ourselves to Know, O'Hara (7)
8. A Distant Trumpet, Horgan (9)
9. The View from the Fortieth Floor, White (10)
10. The Chapman Report, Wallace
NONFICTION
1. May This House Be Safe from Tigers, King (1)
2. Folk Medicine, Jarvis (2)
3. The Enemy Within, Kennedy (4)
4. I Kid You Not, Paar (3)
5. The Law and the Profits,
6. Parkinson (5) Act One, Hart (7)
7. Grant Moves South, Catton (9)
8. The Night They Burned the Mountain, Dooley
9. Born Free, Adamson (6)
10. Meyer Berger's New York, Berger
* All times E.D.T.
* Position on last week's list.