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Word: bickerton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...some time ago that Hester Prynne elevated suburban adultery to a community sport in the U.S. The British, as Author Camp tells it, still have not quite got the hang of the game. Sarah Hewitt is the "scarlet woman of Bickerton" in the London exurbs, squired everywhere by the hearty Derek while her husband puts his life into his work in the City. Things are not what they seem: Sarah has not earned her letter at all, but is merely a bench-warmer wrestling around in the raw without ever quite coming to the point. Even when Sarah moves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Current & Various: Jul. 30, 1965 | 7/30/1965 | See Source »

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