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DIED. RODNEY WHITAKER, 74, best-selling author known to millions internationally as Trevanian, one of several of his pen names; of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; in England's West Country. His thrillers, notably The Eiger Sanction, which became a 1975 film starring Clint Eastwood, were translated into more than a dozen languages and prompted comparisons to such critically esteemed storytellers as Edgar Allan Poe and Chaucer...
...MacDonald who was first to offer a reading on this evening. A hometown favorite and founding member of the A.R.T., her introduction was interrupted by spontaneous applause. After receiving such a warm welcome, MacDonald took the stage to read “The Apple Tree” by Trevanian. The story, set in a Basque village in Western Europe, evokes fables told to children about provincial life, but distinguishes itself with a sharp sense of humor. A tale of rival widows battling over a mutually owned apple tree, it combines the authentic flavor of Basque culture with a tale...
...survive. He looked askance at the woman who had given her account of the courtship of Joseph and the Virgin Mary: "It is difficult to know what, if anything, she had in mind when she decided to tell the Age-Old Story with nothing new to add." He deplored Trevanian's habit, in The Eiger Sanction, of hauling such celebrities as the Burtons and Jackie Onassis into the action: "There is nothing wrong with this if you have a point to make about them. But he has nothing to say." Vidal twitted Frederick Forsyth for piling facts into "freight...
...Summer of Katya, Trevanian...
...Summer of Katya, Trevanian...