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...Loup Durand; Translated by J. Maxwell Brownjohn...
French novelist Loup Durand fills out this scenario with the graceless prose that marks other classics of the genre, including John Buchan's The Thirty- nine Steps, Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal and almost everything written by Ian Fleming. The boy's doomed mother Maria is not merely an eyeful, she has a "passion for beautiful things and more than enough money to indulge it . . . Coco Chanel suits, tea roses, the best restaurants, jazz, and driving her Bugatti at a reckless speed...
...Durand's narrative, and J. Maxwell Brownjohn's translation, cold feet are "like blocks of ice." A bashed villain goes "out like a light." A neighborhood is "as silent as the grave." An event happens "in a flash." Matters are as clear "as daylight." If the author were competing with John le Carre, these bromides might undo his tale...
Between the maze of subplots, Durand allows a sex scene or two, but his real love story is filial. As Daddy nears the end game, the book presents its sole ambiguity as father and son compete for the title role. Is the innocent American fit for parentage? Or has the little French garcon acquired a more mature knowledge of human treachery and altruism? Debating the question, Europeans have driven Thomas' adventure to the top of their best-seller lists. It is likely to have a commensurate success in the U.S., where some people fondly remember Father Knows Best...
...tenure as co-captain by knocking in all three of the Harvard runs. Co-Captain Frank Morelli opened the Harvard sixth with a double, and then crossed the plate under the arc of Caprio's home run. In the seventh inning, Caprio's ground out brought in Marcel Durand to complete the Crimson scoring...