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...contract with William Safire for a book giving his insider's view as a speechwriter during the President's first term. Safire, the resident White House wit until he resigned to become a New York Times columnist last April, produced a 350,000-word manuscript, titled A Hurry to Be Great...
...publisher wants to drop the book and has told Safire to return an $83,000 advance. Lawrence Hughes, president of Morrow, claimed last week that the manuscript was "editorially unacceptable," despite Safire's claim that Morrow editors read five chapters - and voiced no qualms - before the contract was signed. But Safire insisted that the real reason is that Nixon's popularity has dived, thus making a "balanced" book about Nixon less likely to sell. Other publishers agree with Safire's assessment of the market. "The only book that would sell well would be one that exposed Nixon...
...Song ($14.95). Dominating them all is Atheneum's The Gershwins ($25). Written and edited by Biographer Robert Kimball and Gershwin Intimate Alfred Simon, cleverly designed by Bea Feitler, The Gershwins is an ingenious "scrapbook" containing just about everything in the way of letters, documents, recollections, essays, chronologies, manuscript pages and pictures that one would want to read or see concerning George and his lyricist older brother...
...Chilean Senate, where he served for four years. In 1948, unwilling to refrain from criticizing an American-supported dictator, Neruda was forced to go underground. For several months miners and working people helped him evade the Secret Police, passing him from house to house. With him, Neruda carried the manuscript of Canto General...
...Square restaurants. In exchange for somewhat expensive prices, the Patisserie provides several varieties of croissants, coffee, sandwiches and pastry. And if you are fortunate to find a seat it is yours for as long as it takes you to read the paper or write a portion of your current manuscript...