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...Time of Your Life. William Saroyan's best-of-possible barrooms, boozily abuzz with whimsoid barflies, attractively impersonated by James Cagney and a good supporting cast (TIME, June...
...Time of Your Life. William Saroyan's best-of-possible barrooms, boozily abuzz with whimsoid barflies, attractively impersonated by James Cagney and an enthusiastic supporting cast (TIME, June...
...William Saroyan, who has been rather uncommunicative since the prewar days when he dashed off short stories between breakfast and lunch, broke into the San Francisco Examiner with a sad short-short, among the real-estate-for-sale ads: "Approximately 30-year-old well-built ranchhouse . . . 30 acres . . . No garage, no barn . . . heating apparatus out of order . . . 12-party line . . . no bus . . . plenty of squirrels. Owner paid only $32,000 . . . He is keeping six or seven acres for himself as a monument to his real-estate sharpness. Will sell balance for $35,000. If interested have head examined, or telephone...
...Time of Your Life. William Saroyan's best-of-possible barrooms, boozily abuzz with whimsoid barflies, attractively impersonated by James Cagney and an enthusiastic cast (TIME, June...
Except in Saroyan's world, barroom philosophers who intrude on new customers with the words "What's the dream?" are seldom answered courteously; and when euphoria enchants any saloon for more than five consecutive minutes, you can expect a quick return of trouble, or boredom, or both. The face on Saroyan's barroom floor has something unassailably good about the eyes. But the smile is that of a swindling parson who is sure his own swindle is for the greater glory...