Word: brooklyns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ADAM BOOKOUT, by Louisa R. Shotwell (Viking; $3.95). Going the other way, a splendid story of an Oklahoma farm boy's welcome in a Brooklyn public school...
IRVING AND ME, by Syd Hoff (Harper & Row; $3.95). The adventures and mishaps that befall a 13-year-old Brooklyn boy when he moves to Florida. A good-humored novel by one of The New Yorker's cartoonists...
...Lewis, at nine, is so overwhelmed by parental advice that he thinks of running away. But then he meets Mr. Madruga, a retired Spanish shoemaker, and together they solve their problems. Also recommended: Paula Fox's How Many Miles to Babylon?, the story of a Negro boy in Brooklyn who is held captive by young dog thieves...
...guard, Wilson has more men than he can use. It seems that captain Bobby Beller, the Brooklyn brawler, will start alongside of springy-legged junior Bob Johnson with Eric Gustafson and Jeff Grate in close reserve. Grate, a two year star, has been sidelined by illness in early practice sessions and doesn't seem to be at the peak of his jump-shooting game...
...Book publishers rarely beg the government to prosecute a book for obscenity. But that is just about what the English firm of Calder & Boyars did early this year. The book was Hubert Selby Jr.'s Last Exit to Brooklyn, which had been banned in London's Soho district (TIME, Dec. 30). Under English custom, such local rulings tend to be honored throughout the country. Calder & Boyars decided that the only way to lift the ban was a full-scale trial, and the government finally agreed to prosecute. Said Publisher John Calder: "I'm sure we'll win before a jury...