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RUSSELL HOBAN'S most celebrated creation is a badger named Frances. Few American children make it through kindergarten without reading Bread and Jam for Frances, Bedtime for Frances, or Hoban's four other stories about literature's most appealing marsupial.
Hoban's newest book, about a 12-year-old boy named Riddley Walker, is filled with rhymes and stories that have all the unaffected charm and ring of the Frances stories:
The Crimson continued to apply offensive pressure but couldn't repeat MacMillan's act. With five minutes left to play, the stickwomen were awarded three successive short corners but were unable to convert on any of them. Big Green goalie Frances O'Donaghue made several clutch saves in the closing...
Suddenly more and more Americans are asking themselves a haunting question: Will I have enough money to live on when I retire? Social Security is in serious financial trouble; President Reagan twice this year has considered cutbacks in retirement benefits. Meanwhile, inflation continues to eat away at the value of...
The Bruins, defending Ivy League champions fielded virtually the same team as last year except for one graduated senior. But, hampered by a few nagging injuries, including a sore hip which kept All-American wing Frances Fusco out for about a third of the game, Brown just could not keep...