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...though, Genghis just idles along in Peking, where the Chinese let him in on the discovery of gunpowder. Other odd bits of wisdom are supplied by Emperor Robert Morley, who apparently can't tell one Oriental from another, since his dynasty resembles a road-show Mikado. The high pooh-bah in charge of comedy relief is Kam Ling (James Mason), sporting almond eyes, malocclusion and a washee-quickee accent. As befits a ham, Kam Ling is sliced up just before a lively duel to the death between Jamuga and Genghis. Hordes of loyal Mongol mourners think the great Khan...
...scared for a moment. I thought you might put the whammy on me by liking my latest novel The Source [May 28]. You pooh-poohed South Pacific and it became a great hit. You ridiculed Hawaii and it was purchased by nearly 4,000,000 readers. You blasted Caravan and it stayed near the top of the lists for half a year. Please spell my name right in your Best Seller box in the long months ahead...
...TIME did not "pooh-pooh" Tales of the South Pacific, did not even review it, but did say that the "fine, simple Tales" were better than Michener's second book, The Fires of Spring...
...VALLEY OF THE LATIN BEAR, by Alexander Lenard. Two years ago, the author charmed his way into literary life with the succes fou of the season-a translation into Latin of Winnie the Pooh. In this book, as charming in its way as Pooh was, Lenard tells of his life as a doctor and pharmacologist in a remote village in southern Brazil and his genially picaresque philosophy of life...
Back in Dog patch. As an alien, he found jobs hard to get. He worked as a male nurse in a lead mine. He tutored the daughters of French engineers on the side. To stimulate their interest in Latin, it occurred to him to translate Winnie the Pooh for use as a text. But he decided that paradise must be better than this, and he moved on and out. Wangling a license as a practicing pharmacist, he settled in the village he calls Donna Irma, in the coffee-growing uplands of southern Brazil...