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...Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier. An expert mixture of suspense and romantic hokum, set in the Rebecca country 100 or more years ago (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Mar. 24, 1952 | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

...lists with two of the books and picking up at least 14 threats of libel suits. U.S.A. Confidential may do even better. It is a city-by-city shotgun blast at the whole country, with special treatment for Chicago ("captive to the mobsters and political thieves"), Los Angeles ("a hokum-happy haven for psychopaths and confidence workers"), Milwaukee ("loaded with deadfalls, joints, clip-dives") and Galveston ("America's liveliest, naughtiest, least-inhibited city"). It is also an outstanding collection of inaccuracies, big & small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Headline of the Week | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

...Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier. An expert mixture of suspense and romantic hokum, set in the Rebecca country 100 or more years ago (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Mar. 17, 1952 | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

...Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier. An expert mixture of suspense and romantic hokum, set in the Rebecca country 100 or more years ago (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Mar. 10, 1952 | 3/10/1952 | See Source »

...romantic hokum, set in the Rebecca country 100 or more years ago (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Mar. 3, 1952 | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

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