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...TAGS by STEPHEN BECKER 307 pages. Random House...
...Stephen Becker's seventh novel contains the intentions of at least three books...
Script A: the classic American war novel. Becker introduces his protagonist Benny Beer, a New York tailor's son in a corporal's uniform, straggling alone across a World War II battlefield in Germany. Later, as Dr. Beer, Benny turns up in Korea, enduring 2½ years in a Chinese prison camp. Here Becker is at his most persuasive as storyteller and moralist...
...Rodney Becker and two other couples have driven 90 miles from Turtle Lake, Wis. Becker, a grocer, brings not only food and liquor for 40 friends but also a Xeroxed schedule of Sunday's events: "Wake 8 a.m.-Green Bay fans calisthenics; 8:30 a.m.-Viking fans calisthenics." Wine drinking and "rest" come next, leaving three hours for a breakfast of eggs, pancakes, sausage and more wine...
STEPHANIE BECKER Mamaroneck...