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...Wohl's definition of generation is unique. A generation consists of those who view themselves as members of that generation. Presumably, Wohl's unifying theme is justifying presenting dozens of European intellectuals with completely different viewpoints on the war and society, who all, view themselves as being of the younger generation...
...Wohl organizes his book nationally. He devotes chapters to France, Germany, England, Italy and Spain. In the very first chapter, Wohl presents a cluttered montage of the French intellectual scenario around...
...wonder that the men Wohl presents share their outlook--they are of the same class. Wohl's French are sons of the university professors and bankers. Before the war they sit in cafes and contemplate their youth because they have little else...
...Wohl presents ten intellectuals in this chapter ranging from Henri Massis, whom he describes as "not an original thinker," but "an aspiring man of letters who throbbed with the ill-conceived ambition of becoming a French leader of youth and spiritual guide," to Henri de Montherlant, who described himself as "a Knight of nothingness...
Talon by James Coltrane (Bobbs-Merrill; $8.95). In his first suspense novel, James Coltrane-in real life a Hawaii-based lawyer named James P. Wohl, 41-shows himself a young master of the medium. His antihero, Joe Talon, is a superefficient analyst of satellite photos for the CIA in Manhattan. He is also an unrepentantly laid-back hankerer for the surf-and-grass California scene. When Talon detects a curious and erroneous-or doctored?-cloud cover masking a remote area of Nepal, he bucks the Establishment to prove his suspicions, survives sundry assassination attempts and blows open a nasty conspiracy...