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Evening star., 1954-09-19
A Handful Of Silver.

A Handful OF Silver. BY Vic
tor Canning. (William
Sloane Associates; $500
Canning-an author of the
Eric Amber school Of inter-
national intrigue-puts his
hero into one impossible spot
after another and proceeds
to extricate him in a couple
scenes that come close to the
ultimate in spine-tingling sus-
pense. The plot revolves
around our hero's assignment
as tutor protector over a
young pawn in Arab politics.
Old-school tie loyalties and
old-fashioned heroics are pit
ted against modern villanies in
this solid novel Of high ad-
venture.
Invitation to Murder. BY Leslie
Ford. (Charles Scribner's
Sons; $2.950
Money is clearly the motive
for murder and attempted
murder in this account of hi
jinks in high society at New
port and environs. The prob
lem is not "whodunit" but
how to prove it-and prevent
further repetitions of murdera
for gain. In the role of pro-
tector- r-sleuth to Sundry dam
sells in distress is an assistant
trust officer with a lame leg,
a red name and an over-active
conscience. The plot is no end
complex but the characterize
tions are pleasing and the au-
thor applies her usual dex-
terity to provide a satisfactory
solution to all the woes.
The Damned Lovely. BY Jack
Webb. (Rinehart & Co.,
Inc; $2.750
Webb'S inspired pair OF
sleuths-a Catholic priest and
a Jewish homicide detective
combine this time to cope with
the strange shooting of a
rabbi on a picket line, the kid
mapping, Of a mystery girl and
police corruption in a factory
town. Detective Sammy Gold
en- risks his stripes with his
usual fitting at windmills,
Father Stanley makes with
the fists and the author has
himself another nice blend of
satisfactory sleuthing and
speedy action.
The Whisper i'm the Gloom. BY
Nicholas Blake. (Harper &
Bros: $2.75.)
A dying police informer
sticks a scrap of paper into
Evening star., 1954-09-19

Mr. RICHARDSON. was CaugnL
him by a reporter who later
got rich from writing tive serf-
tences, one of which was
"Often a brides maid but
never a bride"
How he became a city editor
by finding a man whose where
abouts were unknown to any
one, thus drawing the atten-
tion of Arthur Brisbane.
His experience as a reporter
and city editor on many
famous stories, such as the
Buggy Siegel story, the Black
Dahlia killing, the Overell
yacht explosion, and many in
stances of Los Angeles civic
corruption.
For the Life of Me" is fast.
anecdotal reading. AS the
author himself admits, it's
about a type of newspaperman
who's dying out. It used to
be, Richardson tells us, that
the two things to which a
newspaperman was entitled
once a year were a new blue
serge suit and q night out with
a strange girl. Now, he says,
the two things would be a new
tweed sports coat and a back
yard barbecue setup.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Tales Of Crime, Mystery and Suspense

ing a 300-year-old murder
maybe committed with the
same ak. A cheerful busybody
helps him out and nearly gets
helped out of this life in the
process. It's right confusing
but never dull.
The Anatomy of q Crime. BY
JOS eph F. "Dinne e n.
Charles Scribner's Sons,
$2.95.)
This account by a better
crime reporter for the Boston
Globe is. billed as "a startling
parallel to the great $2.5 mil
lion Drinks robbery" DIM
neen explains in a foreword
that he has borrowed q legal
device-a hypothetical ques-
ton. He has written a "hypo-
thetical case" to avoid con-
tempt and libel. Through the
device of calling this a novel.
the author can defend any
misinformation as fiction. On
the other hand, by bringing in
the publicly known facts OF
the Drinks case, he gives the
clear impression that he Is
dealing with facts throughout
and only changing names. The
result is a strange melange OF
fact, half-truth and theory.
Evening star., 1954-09-19

Joy, her family's only hope.
what of her? Miss Warner
wickedly let's you wait q while
before revealing the SELFISH
ness and inanity Of the idol.
Her father. oblivious to the
claims of his other children,
frantically seeks her happiness.
virtually buys her a husband
and ultimately even ceases to
love her.
Deft Social Comedy
The slow death Of that love.
Miss Warner recounts with wit
and compassion. The sacrifices
that have been made in its
name are appalling. She
misses no aspect Of that
desert of mendacity and dis
comfort" which the well-mean-
ing tyrant had spread around
him. BY far the most interest
ing sufferer is Euphemia, the
plain eldest daughter, a spin
ster by her fathers edict. and
a profound comfort to her
mother, her brothers and her
sisters, not to mention the
parish poor.
Euphemia sounds a little like
another victim of 10th CEN
tury domestic suffocation.
Florence Nightingale, except
no such glorious fate awaited
her. The other characters are
just as deity drawn, down to
the newest parlor maid.
Much sly social comedy
has been woven into the story
and a little social history as
well. Miss Warner apparently
has seen no reason to be dull
about any phase of this life
of a man, his family. his town
and his country. Her book
has life and charm.
Evening star., 1954-09-19

Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883)
remains, the better part OF a
century after his death. a tow
ering figure in Russian litera-
ture. It still can be argued
with persuasive logic that he
was Russia's greatest novelist,
despite the tendency in recent
years to elevate Tolstoy and
Dostoevsky above him.
At least he was the most
perfect stylist among the great
Russian writer's who f1ourished
in the 10th century. Turgenev
would have objected to the
term. AS Mr.. Magarshack
brings out in his excellent bi-
ography. Turgenev hated Cit
erary" novelists, by which he
meant writer's who had "read
too much" and drew their ma
terial from other books in
stead of from life. This attl-
tude, certainly. was not from
any lack for culture and envy
Evening star., 1954-09-19

Historians and political
scientists will find much Of
value in Mr.. Lies account Of
seven years as secretary gen.
eral Of the United Nations.
Looking back over those cru
cial postwar times, Mr.. Lie
spends a lot of time on what
might have been. He calls at
tention to some of the cross
roads of history which may
have escaped the casual head
line reader, and speculates on
how much better of the world
would be If some American
and Russian moves had been
different.
The one-world United Ma
tions perspective, which Mr..
Lie originated, of course,
throws new light on some
of the United States ac-
tivitieS Of the past few years.
The author found our Pales-
tine policies inconsistent" our
attitude toward Red China UNI
realistic, our eagerness to
monopolize command functions
in Korea unwise.
Personal Delights
The book is sprinkled with
personal sidelights: When a
U. N. waiter doused Mrs. Al
ben Barkley with a bowl OF
gravy, the Vice Presidents
lady wrapped herself in her
mink coat and walked ma
jestically out Of the dining
room and through the United
Nations corridors to change.
Marshal Tito similarly was
on the receiving end Of a tray
of wine, and, to Mr.. Lies sur
prise, he contained himself,
strobe out to change without
so much as q reprimand for
the servant.
At q big Moscow reception,
Czechoslovakia's Foreign Min
lister Jan Masaryk conhded in
Mr.. Lie that the Russo-C Czech
trade agreement they were
toasting was "humbug." Mr..
Masaryk said, 1.-THE Russians
have the whole thing fixed.
They control the rate of ex-
change: What they lose on one
thing, they'll make on another
and with those prices they'll
strip us clean"
Mr.. Lie Is Optimistic
Gen. Douglas Macarthur,
when he was United Nations
commander, offered Trygve Lie
his services as chief Of a per-
manent u. N. supreme military
command.
What about the future? Mr..
Lie is optimistic. He thinks
there is a good chance that
atom and hydrogen war will
never come.
The worlds best long-range
chance for peace, in Mr.. Lies
view, lies in improving the liv-
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Books in Review
Short Stories in Varied Moods
By the Authorof The Egyption'
Moonscope
BY Mika Waltari. (Putnan's; $780,
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones
BY Mika Waltari. lPutnam's; $780,
Reviewed BY Carter Brooke Jones

any more. we were dead !"
Joel reflects. more so than
aunt and uncle We're. We
could feel neither remosesnor
shame nor hope. ...'
A, Sort Of comille
IAN Island OF Ice," the only
story not written in the first
person, describes a love affair
between a tuberculous girl and
a great artist who through al
cohol and self-neglect has
deteriorated into a ragged
fugitive from life who lives in
a shack in a forest. It is an
old situation, redeemed to an
extent by effective writing. but
seeming none the less over
familiar. The girl remains a
sort of Camille, an educated
Mimi, burning out her life with
a love which the man at first
scorns, then reluctantly ac-
cepts. The artist is Well
worn type-the one who
couldn't endure the exactions
of family life, who tossed away
everything for art. Nobody
understood him, except, OF
course. the girl.
1.-THE Tie from Paris" re-
yeals in Mr.. Waltari unex-
pected humor. It is a satirical
study of the middle-aged hus-
band who goes spiritually ber-
serk in search for his youth
and a fresh love. but is pulled
up short before he has made a
complete fool Of himself. It is
an amusing story.
"Goldilocks," the confession
of q girl who went wrong, is
an overwrought melodrama,
with horror piled on to the
point where credulity is
strained to the breaking
point. Nevertheless, it holds a
tense, morbid interest.
The only short story, "Be-
fore the Twilight Of the Gods"
is a more original conception.
It tells of a Nazi mission to an
unnamed friendly country dur
ing the war. The visit OF state
degenerates into a drunken
orgy. The narrative has the
feverish, fantastic quality OF a
dream.
AS he usually is, Mr.. Waltari
is much concerned with sex in
these stories. But in them 1t
has little of glamour. more OF
sordidness. decay and death.
Perhaps there is a moral lesson
in the characters immortality.
The translation Is by Naomi
Walford.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Old Skeletons
Are RottIed
Fathers Footsteps
BY Damon Runyon, jr.
(Random House; $685.

Random House; $685.
Anything interesting that
Damon Runyon, jr., has to
say about his famous father
is practically drowned out by
the rattling of family skele-
tons that sounds throughout
this painful book.
Young Mr.. Runyon, sad to
relate, held an almost lifelong
grudge against old MIR. Runyon,
and he has chosen to air 1t
in specific and unedifying de-
tail. Whatever he inherited
from the creator of Guys and
Dolls" perfectionism cannot
be included. His grammar. in
spots, is as bad as his taste.
Maybe young Mr.. Runyon
feels better for having re-
counted his grievances. In
charity, one can hope he does.
It is difficult to see what other
purposes the book serves.
Mr.. Runyon, jr., had an un-
happy childhood. It was a
menage "regimented toward
fame and fortune" Damon
Runyon was an agony writer,
and young Damon and his
sister were constantly being
warned. Don't bother your
father.
Damon Runyon's wife drank
heavily. So, in his time. did
young Mr.. Runyon. And his
sister suffered a nervous break
down apparently as a result
of family pressures. Young
Mr.. Runyon also aggrievedly
reports that he was haunted
by his fathers famous name.
Father and son were estranged
for many years.
During that period they
corresponded. In one letter
the father wrote in part to
the son:
IT notice you do q lot Of
thinking about yourself and
your problems. Sometimes
when you are in q mood for
thought give one to your old
man, who in two years was
stricken by the most terrible
malady known to mankind and
left voiceless with q death
sentence hanging over his
head, who had q big career
stopped cold and had his do
mestic life shattered by divorce
and his savings largely dissi-
pated through the combina-
tion Of evil circumstances.
TRY that on your either
some day, my boy, especially
when those low moods you
mention strike you."
One feels sorry for Damon
Runyon. But one feels some
how, even sorrier for Damon
Runyon. jr., who feels so sorry
for himself. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
APossport Toword Escape
From d Troubled World
The Flint Anchor
By Sylvia Townsend Warner. Viking: $375J
Reviewed by Mary McGroY

Those who find in the we'll
wrought English novel the
perfect and unfailing escape
from q fretful world will fall
with happy cries on "The
Flint Anchor" Nowadays. we
are rather rationed In fiction.
You have to take your choice
between sparkle and substance.
Miss Warner, bless her pen,
gives us both.
This is the story of q right
eous man who lays waste to
the emotional lives Of his
family. John Barnard was
what the Irish would call "a
street angel and a house devil"
In business he was fair and
shrewd. He allied himself
with the forces Of light in 10th
century England. He contrib
uted to the welfare Of the
town Of Loseby, with public
service and with hard cash.
Keeps You Woitin9
But his children, except for
Mary. trembled at his ap-
proach. His
Evening star., 1954-09-19
By Miriom Gutenberg

a boys model boat and the 12-
year -old-known to his chums
as "The Brain promptly be-
comes the object Of attentions
by the killer gang. police and
Nigel Strangeways. Complica-
tions center on the London
visit of a Soviet minister and
police fears Of an interna-
,tional incident-an aSsassina-
tion, for instance. The author
contrives an outrageous num-
ber of condolences to keep
'"The Brain" and his chums
within earshot Of all impor-
tant developments but Blake
is always good with precocious
kids and the action Is con-
sistently lively.
The Devil Threw Dice. BY
Amber Dean. Doubleday 81
Co., Inc; ,$2.75.)
Crime Club
The point Of view shifts at
such a rate In this one that
it's pretty tough to figure out
what goes on. Generally, 1t
involves a stone-ax murder in
an aupstate New York village.
This murder is brand new but
one of the. chief suspects is
much more interested in solv-
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Turgenev: A Life
By David Magarshack (Gr0Ue Press; $6J

of those who had 1t. Turgenev
was q thoroughly educated
man, with a mastery Of four or
five languages and compre-
hensive knowledge OF the lit
erature and philosophy OF
each.
Turgenev came from q fam
ily of rich landowners. But
he thought for himself, from
boyhood, and he never got
along with his mother who.
early widowed. ruled the serfs
on her estate with sadistic
tyranny. He fought for an
end to the feudal system and
saw that come to pass. at
least nominally, in 1861. He
frequently collided with the
Cars censors. and he wrote
in his "reminiscences that "a
writer, whoever he was, could
not help regarding himself as
q kind Of smuggler." This
might have referred to the
Russia of today.
Mr.. Magarshack has ex-
plored the novelist's life thor
oughly, with much new ma
terial to cite, including Tur-
genev's letters to Flaubert, to
his daughter and to Pauline
Viardot, the opera singer, who
was the great love Of Tur-
genev's life. The writer's
celebrated controversies with
Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Con
sharov are described fully.
While the book is more a BIZ
ography than a critical study,
Mr.. Magarshack has not failed
to evaluate Turgenev's work
and to describe the popular
and critical reception OF each
publication. This book is a
must" for all interested in
Russian literature.-C. B. j.
1t Couldn't Be Murder. BY
Robert B. Sinclair. (William
Morrow & Co.; $2.75).
The death of an advertising
magnate on his Long Island
estate turned out to be murder
and police are handed a quick
solution-confession and all.
But things keep on happen
ing, like attempted murder,
HOUSEKEEPING and apparent
suicide. A whirlwind finish
climaxes q devious plot spiced
with q naturally developed
romance. M. Q.
Evening star., 1954-09-19

bitter cold. Mr.. Lecler's ac-
count of the Tuareg, that
strange desert tribe OF un-
known ancestry. with a Ian
guage as battling in origin as
that of the Basques, is particu-
larry enlightening. The Tua-
reg, in the century before they
were finally conquered, fought
furiously and effectively against
all strangers who invaded their
fastnesses.
The author pays just tribute
to the explorers who often
gave their lives in the years
before there were planes and
motor vehicles to survey the
unmapped wilderness. His
book is exciting and informa-
tive. There are excellent pho
tographs by Georges Tairraz.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1954-09-19

The author Of that i'm
mensely popular novel Of the
ancient world, "The Egyptian"
appears here with some of his
shorter tales. all in a modern
setting. most of them about his
native country. Finland.
These stories, differing In
quality and theme, emphasize
that Mr.. Waltari, whatever his
deficiencies as a novelist, Is a
narrative writer of driving
power. In other words, he
knows how to tell a story-an
essential merit which some Of
our gifted novelists have not
bothered to cultivate. He
proves here that he can des-
cribe the contemporary scene
with the same gusto that made
1.-THE Egyptian" and his other
historical novels successful.
Thus he can be forgiven for
some, If not all, of the literary
faults which show up at times
in these stories.
The book contains four
novelettes and a short story.
Deoth and Violence
The novelettes all take place
in Finland. and in all but one
there is a somber tone, a pre-
occupation with death and
violence, frequently associated
with the legends and arts of
that small. wintry country
which has struggled so hard to
exist. You'll find much of this
in her epic poetry and in the
music of her greatest composer.
SibeliuS.
1t seems to me that the title
story. "Moonscape," Is the most
artistic and persuasive. Here
a man, still young, a disabled
veteran Of the war with Russia,
Seks back on his life. ponder
Ing on the futility Of his am
%ssions and plans. He relives
his childhood and his first ac-
quaintance with the distant
cousin he came to love, The
girl, reared by an aunt and
uncle, pious, penurious people,
who disapproved Of all fun,
turned out as she might have
been expected to-seeking joy
where she could find it. But
Miriam was more successful in
her way than any one had an
ticipated. She became a film
star and married a rich man,
though, like Joel, the narrator,
her achievements came to have
q bitter taste. When finally,
through a circumstance, she
and Joel gave way to love, 1t
was too late-neither cared
Evening star., 1954-09-19

This saga Of the great des-
ert is filled with factual stories
of. adventures, many tragic, a
few triumphant, as the author
traces the attempts Of explor-
ers and pioneer traders to win
the most forbidding of uncon-
Quered lands.
Mr.. Lecler clarifies some
misconceptions. For instance,
sand, far from being the Sa-
hara's only element, makes up
but one-seventh of the vast
area. There are high, rocky
mountains, raging torrents at
certain seasons. Water, in fact,
is not so scarce as popular be-
lief holds, but 1t still is the
major problem in crossing the
desert. While temperatures OF
158 fahrenheit have been re-
corded, the nights often are
Evening star., 1954-09-19

ing standards Of poverty
stricken millions throughout
the world. He thinks this can
best be done through the
United Nations, rather than
through individual govern
mentS.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
An OIdtime
City Editor
Speaks Up
For the Life Of Me

FOF the Life or Me
BY James H. Richardson.
Putnam; $4J
Reviewed by |. WiIliom Hill
''Fire Of undetermined
origin" occasionally breaks out
in a man at an early age. do
ing "unestimated damage"
and making 1t impossible for
him ever to be anything but a
newspaperman.
For James III. Richardson.
the blaze began one autumn
day in 1904. when he was 10
years old and on the way to
school. Today the fires still
roaring and Jimmy Richard
son, besides being city editor
OF. the Los Angeles Examiner,
has taken time to write an au-
TOPOGRAPHY that shows what
it's like to burn-newSpaper
style.
Tough and Dogged
Richardson's a city editor of
what newspapermen like to
term "the old school," That
only means he's tough. dog
ged and indestructible, a city
editor sprung full blown out
"The Front Page" the kind Of
city editor the movies like to
portray. Certainly not since
Gene Fowler's "Timberline,"
has the blaze-type city editor
been so vividly portrayed.
In For the Life OF Me"
Richardson tells:
Why every good reporter is
scared when he's working a
big story.
The Right to Be There
How you can tell.a newspa-
perman by the way he walks
Evening star., 1954-09-19
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as best they Sylvia Warner.
could Papa's moods. his lee
lures and his Calvinistic wrath.
And Mary, her fathers only
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Tryeve Lies Inside U. NJ Perspective
Puts Recent Events in d New Light

In the Cause of Peace
BY Trygve Lie. (Macmillan; So
Reviewed by Eorl n. Yoss
Evening star., 1954-09-19
The Right to Be There

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