Word: grisman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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EARLY TO RISE (246 pp.)-Arnold E. Grisman-Harper...
...harajah's palace. Poor Bill's maharajah turns out to be a telephone-booth Indian who suddenly folds his palace and silently steals away. On little elephant feet, an unfunny love interest clomps its way through the otherwise funny book. And occasionally, 37-year-old Author Grisman lets overwriting interfere with the reading. At his best, Grisman neatly catches the self-mocking nuances of Jewish-flavored humor. His spirited air of general irreverence gives Early to Rise the eloquence of a small, perfectly rendered Bronx cheer...