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Before that comes a sketch of a youngish architect, Kay Fischer, who is trying to launch a career in Los Angeles in 1936. She meets a man named Salvador Carriscant, who claims to be her father, and eventually she accompanies him to Lisbon, where he promises to substantiate his story. That story is what follows. Why introduce it in such a distracting way? Maybe the author indulged in a little showboating. He is an expert mimic of the Hollywood hardboiled school, typified by Raymond Chandler. Good nostalgic fun, but Boyd shares Chandler's awkwardness in writing from a woman...
...With reporting by Dean Fischer/ Cairo, Jamil Hamad/Hebron and J.F.O. McAllister/ Washington
With freshman Paul Fischer and junior David Damian both netting career hights, the Crimson snapped a 10-game losing streak last night against Columbia in the Big Apple...
...Fischer (13 points) and Damian (11 points), both inserted in the line-up to start the second half, were the catalysts for the Crimson, who rallied from a 35-19 intermission deficit...
With the game knotted at 56 and a scant 2.2 seconds left on the clock, Fischer put back his own miss for the winning hoop and the Crimson's sixth win in the last eight years at Columbia...