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...symmetry was that to most Americans, the pretense so obviously overwhelmed any symmetry. Zakharov, after all, was almost assuredly a spy, nabbed as he took delivery of material that he had specifically requested. Daniloff, according to all reliable reports, was most assuredly not. Declared U.S. News Chairman Mortimer Zuckerman, who immediately flew to Moscow: "Daniloff is no more a spy than Gidget." Added Daniloff's angry wife Ruth, after visiting him in prison: "The whole thing is an outrage and a complete and absolute frame-up. Nick is, basically, a hostage...
...Daniloff arrest in the Soviet press. Pravda, the Communist Party daily, never mentioned it. Also, the authorities were unusually accommodating toward Daniloff's family and colleagues. Ruth Daniloff was allowed to visit her husband twice within a few days, though family visits are generally limited to one a month. Zuckerman, who was able to travel to Moscow without the usual delays in obtaining a visa, said his correspondent was being treated well but conditions at Lefortovo were harsh. "He was thrilled when I walked in," said Zuckerman. "He literally fell into my arms and was close to tears...
...craze for recorded literature has given work to yet another needy group: agents. "Everyone is making a concerted effort to secure audio rights because they can earn considerable income," reports Albert Zuckerman, president of Writers House, Inc. "We just got a $10,000 royalty check for the audio sales of On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett, and a $35,000 advance for Buck Rodgers' The IBM Way." Producer Linda Morgenstern of Caedmon notes "the scuffle" between agent and publisher for audio rights: "There was such a slim market before, but now everyone recognizes that there...
...doctor in Woody Allen's forthcoming film Hannah and Her Sisters. Truth to tell, the movie appearance was set up by Schmidt's third wife, Helen Cutting Whitney, producer and director of ABC and PBS documentaries on such topics as McCarthyism and homosexuality, and co-author, with Eugenia Zuckerman, of a feature-film script titled K.589...
...Prague Orgy is a fitting capstone to Roth's trilogy, an achievement that seems even more impressive whole than it did piecemeal. Zuckerman Bound proves that no one now writing can be funnier and, at the same time, more passionately serious than Philip Roth...