Word: diplodocus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...titles of some of his previous books (Gestalt Therapy, Art and Social Nature) suggest why. But in this novel, Author Goodman shows an impressive gift for fiction. His prose is strong-flavored and exact, his comedy is caustic. Still, for all its humor, The Empire City bulges like a diplodocus. The first of its four overlong, sometimes aimless books was begun in 1939, and Goodman says he may yet write another volume if he can find something else for Horatio to do. Really needed: not more adventures for Horatio but more discipline for Author Goodman's sprawling talent...