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The great detective leans over the body on the floor of the overdecorated flat. "I think I'm going to be sick," says his young assistant. "No, you're not," the detective tells him. "Tense your muscles and take notes: nude Caucasian male, penis cut off and lying...
A bottle smashes in the middle of the street in front of a dozen Jocks leaning against parked cars. Because it is completely dark and Carmen is a skyscraper, no one saw it coming. Three water bombs suddenly splat in front of them. More shouting and Beta huddles on retaliation...
*Even on preference for candidates, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the U.A.W. seem to be going down different paths: Meany has endorsed Vice President Humphrey; Reuther, while officially neutral so far, leans toward Robert Kennedy.
Barthelme uses a somewhat blunter instrument in Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning, a character study of the politician composed of paragraphs and fragments of popular journalism. Press cliches and pseudo quotes from the candidate are alternated until Kennedy himself seems little more than a collage of newsprint. The story is...
He does not sufficiently prove his thesis. Indeed, he gives the impression of having researched this book the way Sinclair Lewis used to research a novel: by filling a trunk not only with his own notes but also with every newspaper or magazine clipping that might some day serve to...