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...Donohue expect to gross $50,000 in 1967. It is hard to see how they could lose money. Their rent is $225 a month, and more than half of their goods are on consignment. Among the Headquarters merchandise: prism spectacles that even without drugs make the world seem askew, roach clips (ornamental holders for "roaches," the butts of marijuana cigarettes) and Psychedelic Love Oil, a scented baby oil made by a local perfumer and priced to sell at $1.95 per bottle...
...WALK, by John Hersey. Though his fictional sense is slightly askew, Author Hersey's finely tuned reportorial ear is near perfect in this Faustian spoof about a morose sophomore who temporarily strikes a bargain with the Devil...
...Dodgson drawings, though worlds away from the expert expressiveness of the famous illustrations by Tenniel, have a charm all their own. They summon an image of dear Dodgson as he sat back, pen in hand and collar askew, to beam at this lucky squiggle or that eager splodge and imagine how Alice would soon stare at it with huge believing eyes. The later Alice is a work of literature; the earlier a work of love...
Agape Anatomy. De Kooning's trial-and-error approach to building has so far cost him, by his neighbors' estimate, upwards of $150,000, and he still finds it hard to complete. The askew Y-shaped plan, butterfly roofline and fleshy colors inside echo his predilections in paint. The rhomboid, glass-sided studio reminds him of a loft; his large professional kitchen reminds him of the cafeterias that he ate in most of his life. "Sometimes I think I'm nuts to have started this house," he says. "I'll die before it's finished...
...Bother to Knock is a glib, mildly titillating Hollywood-style sex farce. Unfortunately, the film was made by Britons, and the results are about as predictably askew as an American effort to make one of those barmy little British comedies about tweedy bird watchers and eccentric country curates...