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...schoolboys, sergeants and generals. He also has a winking eye for such social ironies as the marriage of an Episcopalian to a Roman Catholic in Scotland ("As Methuen had not made his submission to Rome, the ceremony was bare, although . . . the Bishop Auxiliary allowed a bit of extra-liturgical cheeterybung on the organ"). One of Author Marshall's most hilarious scenes: the shy young hero, out on a date, is prevented from doing what he desperately has to do because the unwitting girl defeats all his pretexts to get away for a moment, unable to imagine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction, Dec. 27, 1954 | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

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