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Philip Alston Stone '62 is a native of Oxford, Mississippi and a godson of William Faulkner, which explains why No Place to Run concerns itself with derring-do and decadence in Dixie. The South is, of course, just about the best place in the world for an American writer to be born, and Stone has certainly wasted no time in cashing in his chips...
...desire, then, set down No Place To Run as a rather impressive first installment from a talented young hack suffering from a fertile imagination and not much control. But I find it difficult to do that not only because Stone does have talent as a craftsman, but also because the book irritates...
Without arguing that the myth Stone exploits is necessarily because it is so hackneyed and largely untrue, I am more than satiated with the South-is-so-sick theme. Especially from a new writer, it is disappointing that the old cliches are hauled out once more. No Place To Run is supposedly about events in the Mississippi of the present and Stone is not writing fantasy. In fact, he goes out of his way to inject as many contemporary references as possible while evading the law of libel and slander. Without in any way acting as an apologist...
...though this may seem too personal a view on a subject affording little general agreement, I do wish that Stone could stop the horror show long enough to develop some sympathy or understanding for his subject. Good guys are not necessary. A few comprehensible bastards would suffice...
...Chris Stone, the second string goalie for two seasons, will replace MacKinnon. Stone, who has been working with the varsity longer than any man on the squad, performed well on the spring trip, especially against Hofstra when he allowed only one goal to slip by him after the first half. --swamped the Bullpups, 9 to 0. So, while the Elis have an imposing group of veterans, they can't expect much support from sophomores. If the Crimson sophomores--particularly Bowditch and Lemann--develop into first-rate varsity players, the varsity will be extremely tough for even Yale to beat...