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...self-sacrifice and a spate of deaths and coincidences. But even readers who respect his serious intent are likely to find Interim disappointing. It is not only cheapened by arty metaphors ("I ceased to pluck at the sleeve of time") and an ornate vocabulary (including "presby-opic," "subfusc," "lincrusta," "curtilage"), but also lacks the dramatic quality of Author Hutchinson's earlier novels (The Unf or gotten Prisoner-TIME, Feb. 26, 1934; Shining Scabbard-TIME, Dec. 28, 1936). Like The Keys of the Kingdom, Interim is a natural for Hollywood-where its spirituality will be melodramatized, its lincrusta made less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pilgrim's Progress | 5/21/1945 | See Source »

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