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Such a Mess. But events in Viet Nam may not give the U.S. that much time. Said Illinois Democrat Barratt O'Hara of Rusk's remarks: "I have never known him to speak with more gravity." Said Ohio Democrat Wayne Hays: "You hardly know where to start, it's such a mess. We don't want to go in full force, like the French. They failed. But a pull-out would be even worse. We need two things right now-some patience and a little bit of good news from out there...
...HORSE KNOWS THE WAY, by John O'Hara. The fourth recent collection of this prolific writer's low-keyed chronicles, but not just more of the same. O'Hara's imagination is even livelier, his psychology broader, and the feeling implicit in a story such as Some Days I Get Such a Longing reaches an intensity that he has rarely equaled since Appointment in Samarra...
...Came In from the Cold, Le Carré (7) 7. The Horse Knows the Way, O'Hara...
Roth is a natural novelist--as opposed to those whose real forte is the short story--and the effect of his writing is cumulative. Those accustomed to the spare prose and one-sentence characterizations of Hemingway and O'Hara may find his style wordy and flamboyant. But where the more journalistic writers can sum up a situation with a single detail, Roth creates a richer world by his very lack of conciseness...
...HORSE KNOWS THE WAY, by John O'Hara. The fourth recent collection of this prolific writer's low-keyed chronicles, but not just more of the same. O'Hara's imagination is even livelier, his psychology broader, and the feeling implicit in a story such as Some Days I Get Such a Longing reaches an intensity that he has rarely equaled since Appointment in Samarra...