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FRIDAY by Michel Tournier (translated by Norman Denny). 235 pages. Doubleday...
...something of an anomaly. In his 24 years as the respected if slightly stuffy daily book reviewer for the New York Times, he criticized many a history and learned well to separate fact from fable. This talent won him his current commission as special editor for a series of Doubleday books, Crossroads of World History. It is evident, too, in his debunking of some of the more cherished legends of the Renaissance. Unfortunately, Prescott is not quite so fastidious about his prose. His style is as crotchety as it sometimes was in his critical days, and often banal to boot...
MANHATTAN IS MISSING, by E. W. Hildick (Doubleday; $3.95). A science-fiction title, a threatening ransom note, a secret meeting, and a wild chase across Central park-all more or less in pursuit of Manhattan, a fussy Siamese...
PETER AND VERONICA, by Marilyn Sachs (Doubleday; $3.95). The pain and fun of a friendship-mostly conducted on roller skates-between Peter Wedemeyer (small, amiable, Jewish) and Veronica Ganz (big, bullying, Lutheran...
...GARDEN GROWS, by Peter Spier (Doubleday; $3.95). A collection of nursery rhymes and riddles record the not so imaginary Italian journey of two children. Spier did the illustrations on location mainly in and around Florence. His delicate pen-and-ink scenes overlayed with soft colors show off with rare beau ty everything from the drab yard of a Florentine suburb to a towering 14th century villa...