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...CAPE COD LIGHTER (425 pp.)-John O'Hara-Random House...
...folk singing, and no one sings it as achingly as she does. From Lonesome Road to All My Trials, her most typical selections are so mournful and quietly desperate that her early records would not be out of place at a funeral. More recently she has added some lighter material to create a semblance of variety, but the force of sadness in her personality is so compelling that even the wonderful and instructive lyrics of Copper Kettle somehow manage to portend a doom deeper than a jail sentence...
...preface to The Cape Cod Lighter* his latest collection of short stories, is O'Hara's best yet. He explains the "spiteful vindictiveness'' of reviewers for TIME and the weekly reviews by saying that they are all failed novelists. The great man adds loftily: "I never see the little magazines, so I don't know what the hell goes on there, but I can guess...
Despite the fact that compact cars are rapidly becoming less so and wide-screen movies more so, miniaturization still proudly rears its tiny head. Latest in the list of products that have grown smaller, lighter, handier...
...Made by Japan's Sony, Micro-TV produces a snapshot-clear picture, weighs only 8 Ibs., and can operate on house current, a rechargeable battery pack, or-in states where the law allows it-on the juice from an auto cigarette lighter socket. One of Micro-TV's neatest features is its view-ability at less than arm's length on office desk or bedside table; there are also auxiliary earphones for private listening. Price: $229.95, plus $39.95 for battery pack, $17.95 for auto adapter...