The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
, HIGHLIGHTs FROM LATEST BOOKS
Variety Spices This Weeks
B00kS-Mystery To Poetry

CINCE the title Of Raymond Oh;
~ Lady in the Lake" (Knopf, $2)
as well know that the first body to
is that of a lovely lass who hobs vi
Shamus NARROW finds an extraor-
binary case on his hands, In which
he has to buck not only an TN
known and persistent assanant
but corrupt police element.
Intriguing characters are Bill
Chess, caretaker OF Derace Kings
ley's cabin retreat, old Sheriff Pat
ton, and most of all, Marlowe him
self. Readers who haven't met
him will name him their number
one detective. He's hardboiled and
as quick with his tongue as they
come.
College prof Jeffrey o'Neill and
his charming nlissus have gone
a-sleuthing again in Theodosia Du
Bots 1.-THE Wild Duck Murders
doubleday Doran, $2), this time
in self-defense almost as much as
to nab the murderer who showed
Cornell GiddingS down an iron
staircase.
Giddings had the dope ON Ger
tain undergraduates who were
conducting muznbo- jumbo activi-
ties Of strong Fascist odor, but
there were plenty of people, i1lclud-
ing the reader, who would lief as
not polish him off. A dead Long
Island duckling, a copper knife, a
bamboo pole and a cork all makes
sense in the end, which will keep
all but professional guessers guess
ing. Winds up with a bang.
POETRY-PROSE
Poet Novelist Arthur Stringer
combines both literary forms in
Swallowed Victory" (Bobbs Merrill:
$3.50. This is a narrative poem con-
cerring young Canadian farmer,
who symbolizes the men whose con-
tribution to the war effort comes
from the soil; the girl he loves, who
goes to England to serve in uni
form: Hugh, who elects the dam
gerous, and eventually achieves
heroisam in the Diepq,e raid and
a refugee Nor.we ian girl.
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