Word: becks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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INTO THIN AIR (257 pp.)-Warren Beck-Knopf...
...What about all those out-of-town trips he used to take, presumably on business? And what was he always jawing about with Mrs. Johnston, a woman old enough to be his mother? Working with such commonplace matters, and playing them for no more than they are worth, Warren Beck has written a minor novel with the grace and dignity appropriate to a major one. In its quiet way, it keeps claiming kinship to Willa Gather's small classic, A Lost Lady...
...married was quite simple. He fell in love with Mrs. Johnston's daughter-in-law Elissa, whose husband was often out of town. Primarily, Into Thin Air is a story of adultery, handled with a delicacy and understanding that few U.S. writers have brought to the subject. Author Beck manages with exquisite taste to give dignity and beauty to the love of Ralph and Elissa even as it swamps both of them in guilt. Neither has the strength to admit the guilt and ask Harold Johnston to agree to a divorce. When Johnston takes Elissa to live in California...
Penn, lacking Captain Hugh Jeffries and guard Dick Dougherty because of illness, relied mainly upon Beck, who came through beautifully. He out-jumped the Crimson's Ed Smith to put in four taps and control the boards. Beck guarded Smith closely, holding him to five field goals...
With three minutes left to play, the Quakers led, 61 to 59. Bob Brooks scored for the winners but Smith countered for Harvard. The Crimson missed four shots in a row before Beck got the ball and pushed it in. A layup and a foul by Forest Hansen brought the Crimson within one point of a tie, but a free-throw by Tom Holt with half a minute left to play ended the threat...