Word: butter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...BEST BUTTER (247 pp.)-Jean Uutourd-Simon & Schuster...
...month from assorted speculations, the Poissonards decide to pay their respects to the head of state, Marshal Petain. They bring him a box of duck eggs, and the ancient hero of Verdun mumbles: "Brave little hens of France." But soon it is time for the Bon Beurre to butter up a new power. A good year before war's end, the Poissonards are tactfully praising DeGaulle in public, and Charles-Hubert becomes a hero of the Resistance when he betrays a timid little German friend to the underground, all the while kicking him in the shins and shouting, "Dirty...
...readers who find the novels of social protest a bore, and U.S. writers who frequently hack the life out of such themes as Dutourd's, The Best Butter is a highly entertaining reminder that in good social criticism, the pin is mightier than the sword...
...students of the Soviet sphere," he continued, "whether they work independently or as part of a research institution, these papers are their 'bread and butter' source of information...
...formal dinner you have no artificial flowers or lace. All your candles are white. You must have menservants, no waitresses . . . and no bread and butter plates are used (there are so many courses you don't have enough room for bread). No toothpicks, please. That is absolutely unforgivable...