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...BREAD & CIRCUSES???W. E. Woodward?Harper ($2). To the Angel of Death an old man complained: "I have not lived. . . . I've worked . . . talked a lot . . . loved . . . hated . . . laughed a good deal . . . built some houses . . . brought up my children . . . thought a little . . . and?" The Angel of Death interrupted, "That was Life." Thus Mr. Woodward prepared for his story: After a successful career as a vender of thinking?wholesale and retail?Michael Webb (friend of readers of Bunk) establishes himself at Echo Hill Inn in Connecticut. In this labyrinthine tavern with steps up, steps down from room to room, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Brute in Purple* | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

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