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WILLY REMEMBERS by Irvin Faust. 249 pages. Arbor House...
Loving. Set in John Cheever country-the wealthy suburbia of Fairfield County, Connecticut-this American film presents the dilemma of a financially insecure commercial artist unable to come to terms with either his wife or his mistress. Irvin Kershner, who directed from a screenplay by Don Devlin, has a terrific fell for the sterility of his settings and the dogged humanity of his characters. Even when being funny, the movie is underlined by that dim light we associate with the pain of three o'clock in the morning. The picture also has a brilliant climax involving closed-circuit television...
...Long? The current collision between auto labor and management in Detroit hurts much of the rest of the U.S. and Canada. G.M. uses 10% of the U.S.'s steel, 5% of its aluminum and large portions of its glass, rubber and textiles. Last week in Lexington, Ky., Irvin Industries laid off 375 workers who make seat belts. In Stratford, Ont., the auto strike put 100 workers out of their jobs at Standard Products, which manufactures rubber parts. The beleaguered Penn Central railroad began laying off workers who normally handle shipments of G.M. cars and trucks. In a month...
...FILE ON STANLEY PATTON BUCHTA by Irvin Faust. 274 pages. Random House...
Good-looking, personable Stanley Patton Buchta, the lead in Irvin Faust's second novel, practices a special kind of fantasy. He believes in little except himself. Unfortunately, that self is mainly composed of pop-culture fragments, miscellaneous emotions and loose social ties. A New York City policeman who was raised in California and saw combat with the Army in Viet Nam, Stanley is an American tumbleweed of no discernible ethnic background. He is a composite of what Author Faust apparently takes to be typical urban America-rootless, tough, guiltlessly selfish and easily moved by chance winds...