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...Kirst, Reuben, Reuben...
Novelists since the time of Fielding have made speeches to their readers, but few can have done so more ingeniously than Herr Kirst: he includes, as a sort of appendix, a section entitled "A Speech Which Has Often Been Pondered But Never Delivered." The speech is superfluous and rather annoying, but it points up the skill with which the author has balanced suspense, satire, and philosophy throughout the rest of the book. Only when the plate marked "ethical implications" falls noisily to earth do we realize that we have been watching a balancing act all along...
...Maclnnes (3) 4. The Wapshot Scandal, Cheever (6) 5. The Hat on the Bed, O'Hara (4) 6. The Martyred, Kim (5) 7. Von Ryan's Express, Westheimer (8) 8. The Shoes of the Fisherman, West (7) 9. The Fanatic, Levin 10. The Night of the Generals, Kirst...
...Kirst Night of the Generals...
...Kirst, Night of the Generals...