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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cannibals and Missionaries, By Mary McCarthy. (Harcourt, Brace, $10.95): If Iran is still on the map by the time Christmas rolls around, the basis for this novel's plot is depressingly relevant. A committee of liberals sets off for Iran to uncover the sins of the Shah's regime. On...

Author: By Compiled BY Sue faludi, | Title: Season's Readings | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

The Executioner's Song, By Norman Mailer. (Little, Brown. $16.95): This is simply the most important book of the year. Norman Mailer '43 tells the story of Gary Gilmore, the professional convict and murderer who was executed in Utah in 1978, in a spare prose style pervaded with the dread...

Author: By Compiled BY Sue faludi, | Title: Season's Readings | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Albert Einstein. The Human Side. By Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman. (Princeton, $8.95): If all secretaries wrote books the shelves would be full of apalling revelations. But Einstein's secretary--with the aid of a former colleague--has only commendable and tender words for America's most apotheosized scientist. Your...

Author: By Compiled BY Sue faludi, | Title: Season's Readings | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

The thing about Suckerman, the clinging vinyl critter, is that he doesn't stick. Don't believe the box. He simply doesn't grip most surfaces. Despite the suction cups that bulge from his body, he makes but the feeblest attempt to cling to the wall of the Jordan Marsh...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Suckerman and His Friends | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

"We shot really well and controlled the tempo," said Harvard coach Frank McLaughlin, characteristically building the most positive case available for his team in the familiar aftermath of defeat. But last night, McLaughlin was justified in his praise--and in the disappointment that his squad fell just short.

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Suhprize, Suhprize, Suhprize | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

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