The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-11-28
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ne river fur ne sake e . few extra
shousand hooks sod In this par.
lieular volams everything else = -
sxcsasnt. that this tossing N II
iusi . hltle 10 much emphasis 90
MS important emoti0n Il man.
stands COT more than Il YOU'D In
ne work of "a inferior writer.
Mr.. Hamner depicts Q vTginia
ghost iowa. Tie people arr lonsly
and without mnch outlef Coz tAeir
energies. Tkere Il q hepelessness
N their being the residue leii ever
from . mine that has elosed down.
They are men and womsn who
came from the hills and didn1 80
back 10 the hills when lhe sconmie
impetus WHICH drew them dswn
was eone. b even vita poor. lone
~ and economically hopeless pso-
pc. cher lmportant hungers and
emotions play pretty lmportant
roles. And &c should net Be ever.
played.
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ne ogEP SIX. Fiesion. By
Marta 0lbneT. Doubleday Pub. Co.
SIS Madisoa Avenas. n. Y. CITY.
81 pagesD
The Deep Sin" foIlows II the
wake oi three other lop-noich nov.
els poriraying life IN the Navy our.
ing Weld Var II. And because Il
this. 4 mag suffer some In the
sales and criticism departments.
We first had Mr.. Roberts. {"
watch became q hit Broadway
play. Then came The Game Ma.
tiny" whieh bears some parallels
10 this added Douhleday venture
INTO TIE troahles ol cur swabhles.
Lately, 90 have bad The Cruel
Sea-" . British account wifh 70.
markahly little about the miseries
of The enlisied personnel.
Bot Martin Dibner and TIE
Deep six" Do not have 10 repair
10 the fantan cat of respect 10 such
nlustrious forerunners.
ne author. who vas . eunneFy
offieer On . four-staek cruiser "a.
trolling the Aleutians, tells a com.
pelling saory about life en- q four.
stack cruiser on that bleak run.
Like has prineipal hero. Il. q I'd
Alec Austin. Dlbner vas a con.
merclal artist IN New York before
The var. II Is only natural that Ans.
an also Should be q gunnery 81.
ficer.
There Is plenty Of blood and
SUITS" and eolorfm Mary dialogae.
There IL boredom and acton -
and even romanee. mostly In fash.
back untn The end.
The characters are lovahle.
weak, nauseating.
There Is gunner's mate Frenehy
shapiro. q Brooklyn lad with 4
mania for kosher salaml sand.
witches. he calls IA. Austin
"eoss. And he dies protecting the
boss" from . kamlkane pilot
There ID Homer FowieT, TIE biz
Negro steward VITO pleads Cor !
chance on the W-mlllimeser Der.
llkon. The best anti-aircrafs Gun.
Ger On TIE Atlantis. Fowler. flnds
Navy tradition hard 10 buck. He.
too. dies.
Capt Smoky Meredlty, the skip
per. has q long family tradition d
I've up 10. In TIE long run. Ne
makes The Grade. Doe Blanchard
The medical officer, finds relief N
The bottls. "a comdr. Dooley. the
gunnery officer. quails Al . broad.
SIDE. TIE Exec. Who remains slR.
nlfieantiy nameless, commits Fsl.
eide CO his Sword. There also 4
knsisn Mike Edge. the peryvFt
Navy men who were II the Alsu.
tians wii not turn from this booh
without . pang Cor those they lef.
behind. Navy men who saw their
huddies de anywhere wlll see here
. true picture Of what they wenl
thru.
Diensr says Of his book.
II TALKED 20 men mad A one
instant and sane af she next snd
thought nothing 81 Il. I have seen
men die - men who were close
enoagh 10 be brother 10 ne - and
have felt nothing mofx Ihsn a pass.
ing numbness. I think that ia wat
Tie Deep SIR tries 10 say
u does - and wonderfagiy wsl
Dihner sets here en- enthuslastie
vel donsi" Cor . ssory that &
strictly ''four-oh."