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Duffy's is the only banter. There is no skylarking; this is grim business. Almost every player wears a reminder of just how rugged Big Ten football can be. Peaks runs with a brace on one knee; a leather wristlet, nearly as heavy as a Roman boxer's cestus, supports the thick right wrist of Sophomore Jerry McFarland, a Negro tackle out of Alabama. Tackle Pat Burke lisps through the gap where most of his front teeth once stood...
WITH LOVE FROM GRACIE (335 pp.)- Grace Megger Lewis-Harcoud, Brace...
...World War II, at the age of 27. In his childhood he was shuttled between expensive pillar and posh post (King George V "saluted" him as he rode in London's Rotten Row) until he came to look at his famous father with a cool eye. He would brace himself to lecture him on the evils of drink only to find the unpredictable Hal had become his sober, fascinating self again. The boy's judgement still stands: "Father's a bit difficult at times, but I love the old bastard...
...FLOWERS OF THE FOREST (252 pp.)-David Garneff-Harcourf, Brace...
...NARROW COVERING (214 pp.)-Julia Siebel-Harcourt, Brace...