Word: ear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...What hurt him was that he did not have the sensitivities he needed to have in the Washington community. As 'Uncle Joe' Cannon used to say, 'Keep your ear so close to the ground you get grasshoppers...
...JEALOUS EAR by ROBERT EARLY 207 pages. Houghton Mifflin...
...Jealous Ear, his first novel, is about a boy's attempt to piece together his past and future from glimpses through door cracks, snatches of overheard conversations, strange odors and intimate brushes with the flesh...
...they predicted, controversy world wide--and particularly in this country--is dying with the Vietnam war. Lenin's successor whispers friendly greetings in Nixon's ear, and announces solemnly that anyone who does not believe in the eternal coexistence of incompatible economic systems is insane. Kissinger goes back to Peking. The Democrats let the Republicans stew in their own juice. The Jefferson Airplane break up; the Carpenters pack the halls. Bobby Seale puts on suit and tie and runs for Mayor of Oakland. At least half of New York City's Democratic Party coalesces around its official candidate for mayor...
...production is fascinating in concept. It is engrossing to look at, both in its shifting settings and in much of its bits of business. But while it intrigues the eye, it assaults the ear. What a shame that all the effort that went into the technical aspects is so severely scotched by the vocal ineptness of its main players...