Word: novels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some Came Running (M-G-M), James (From Here to Eternity) Jones's best-selling second novel (TIME, Jan. 13, 1958), was a 1,266-page description of almost continuous sexual activity, climaxed with frequent and flagrant violations of the English language. But the book at least had the distinction of being the biggest (2 lbs. 11 oz.) literary clinker of the year. The film, perhaps because it has necessarily been sterilized by the censor, is not nearly so successful. In the last twelve months there have been at least two major movies (The Vikings and A Farewell...
...Hustler has its faults as a novel, but opens the door on a world that books have not yet made commonplace. With his first novel, Walter Tevis (who teaches writing at the University of Kentucky) joins the company of such authors...
...story of this battle is not only the $10,000 Harper Prize Novel of 1959 but something of a prize in itself. Author White was born on an Indian hill station, where his American father was a missionary; as a result, he speaks with the tongues of both Indians and Americans. Elephant Hill's interest and readability come partly from White's clear, simple style and partly from his understanding of just what the conflict means in the minds and hearts of the antagonists...
Lady L., by Romain Gary. A slim blade of a novel, light and flashing, which slips easily in and out of the worlds of Edwardian fashion, Paris slums and political anarchism, slicing surely at the solemn pretensions of those who love humanity more than they love their fellow...
...English Department takes pride in the fact that it is housed in what is probably the oldest academic department headquarters in the country. It is also, undoubtedly, the only English Department in the country to preside in the shadow of an unwritten novel...