A Wistful WarningnEve Babitz: Sex and Rage; Alfred A.nKnopf; New York.nby Becki KlutenJHL. glance at the title might make onenexpect another women’s-lib tract—notnso. To look just a little further, the dustjacketndescription, for instance, couldngive the impression that it is a paean tonthe Beautiful People’s counterculture.nThere will, of course, be a multitude ofnlibcult folks who ignore...

worshipful; Babitz’s view, especially towardnthe end, seems almost wistful. It’snas if she’s disappointed that what seemednso lovely turned out to be so foul: “It willnnever be the same again.” It’s an echo ofnwhat every adult feels when biddingngoodbye, sometimes reluctantly, tonchildhood; even the worst aspects arentinged with the rosy glow of innocence,nnow lost—and one knows...

But if the first marriage is like the second,nthen Vasos is better off alone. AlthoughnVida and Leigh were united inna ceremony, it seems as if they didn’tnwant to be married, but at the samentime, they did want to be. For example,nreminiscing, Vida says to Leigh, “Remembernhow hard it was for us to breaknout of that...

Forbidden TalesnMartin Green: Dreams of Adventure,nDeeds of Empire; Basic Books;nNew York.nby Gordon M. PradlnUnder the covers night after nightnmy flashlight made voyages to distantnlands possible. Expectantly, my fingersnrushed to turn the page as the first matenstruggled to ward off a marauding bandnof savages. Cornered, he managed tonwrestle free a spear, but then fatiguenovertook me and...

that he has always been at the center ofnsomething important, that he has a mission.nThe angeHc intermediaries tellnhim to throw away his Bible becausenthey themselves will show him the greatnbook clearly and interpret its meaningnfor him. “I said I am willing, where amnI to go?” He is ready. “Your tongue wasnbound so that in the...

en’s Seventh (naturally), he dances likenDavid before the Ark, because likenDavid he is man and still the anointednof the Lord. “What good is not directlynbreathed into the world by the holynspirit must come down by and throughnthe nature of men.” This, then, isnMatty’s incarnational view of Christiannrealism.nFinally, back to Mr. Pedigree, thenonly person with whom...

but dictated his daily observations andnhis activities, with suitable citations andnquotes, at the end of his working daynfor inclusion in his Alpha File. Personsnapt to meander intellectually would soonnfind the disparity between their assumptionsnand the evidence of reality too embarrassingnto examine, but the senatornfrom Arizona is what Francis W. Newmanncalled a “once-born.” He is one...

A Wistful WarningnEve Babitz: Sex and Rage; Alfred A.nKnopf; New York.nby Becki KlutenxV glance at the title might make onenexpect another women’s-lib tract—notnso. To look just a little further, the dustjacketndescription, for instance, couldngive the impression that it is a paean tonthe Beautiful People’s counterculture.nThere will, of course, be a multitude ofnlibcult folks who ignore...

worshipful; Babitz’s view, especially towardnthe end, seems almost wistful. It’snas if she’s disappointed that what seemednso lovely turned out to be so foul: “It willnnever be the same again.” It’s an echo ofnwhat every adult feels when biddingngoodbye, sometimes reluctantly, tonchildhood; even the worst aspects arentinged with the rosy glow of innocence,nnow lost—and one knows...

But if the first marriage is like the second,nthen Vasos is better off alone. AlthoughnVida and Leigh were united inna ceremony, it seems as if they didn’tnwant to be married, but at the samentime, they did want to be. For example,nreminiscing, Vida says to Leigh, “Remembernhow hard it was for us to breaknout of that...

Forbidden TalesnMartin Green: Dreams of Adventure,nDeeds of Empire; Basic Books;nNew York.nby Gordon M. PradlnUnder the covers night after nightnmy flashlight made voyages to distantnlands possible. Expectantly, my fingersnrushed to turn the page as the first matenstruggled to ward off a marauding bandnof savages. Cornered, he managed tonwrestle free a spear, but then fatiguenovertook me and...

and deeds necessary for heroes whonwould conquer the globe, spreading thensuperficial marks of British culture beforenthem; on the other, literature wasncontent to contemplate the nature ofnhuman emotion close at home by thensafe confines of the fireside.nEach of these realms of experiencencan clearly profit from the scrutinizingnimagination of the man of letters, yetnunfortunately only the domestic...

onistic points of view, it was thencommon reader who ruled in favor ofnDefoe: Gulliver was not read in termsnof its real intent and so the RobinsonnCrusoe perspective prevailed, fanningnthe flames of empire in the popularnimagination. It is Defoe, however, whonis banned from the realms of high culturenas the landed gentry, representednin the personage of Dean...

The finger slicing is, of course, anninept imitation of the well-known episodenfrom Tolstoy’s Father Sergius.nAt his birthday party in a restaurant,nFabian overturned a flaming brandyncake and caught fire:n”His clothes ablaze, he plungednthrough the room, stumbling by tablesnof still-cheering patrons, toward a sidendoor opening on a verandah aboventhe gardens. He vaulted over its railing,ninto the lush...

superdevious and ultrasophisticated.nIn fact, it’s a reality of dimwits immunento rational argumentation.nFabian’s last conquest is a youngnmillionaire heiress who, supported bynher patrician father, implores the old,npoor, plain Fabian to marry her. Fabiannrefuses, but graciously agrees to spendnone night with her. Between these firstnand last conquests Hollywood’s sexualnRobin Hood scores other dazzling victories,namong them a schoolgirl...

The Young, the Radical and the UglynMichael Wolff: White Kids; SummitnBooks; New York.nLouis Filler: Vanguards and Followers;nNelson-Hall; Chicago.nby Edward J. WalshnA marvelous setting into perspectivenis accomplished by White Kids—angentle first novel—and Vanguards andnFollowers—a thorough and authoritativenhistory of what have been calledn”youth movements” in America. Togethernthey form a picture of the 1960’snthat is ugly and sad,...

bell, Kentucky and Fort Benning, Georgia.nAt Benning he meets LieutenantnTerhune, infantry officer, general’snaide and bachelor, a status which, innthe Old Army, is still a mark againstnhim. He spends casual days with Terhune,ntalking about Army life, parachuting,nrunning, taking part in warngames. The camp routine of the Armynin 1979 is much as it was in 1969 orn1939:...

Filler tells us, it was considered “badntaste” to discuss the Manson connection.nThe violence continued and increasednwith the Weather Underground bombingsnof the early 70’s. But the movementnwas crumbling.nVanguards and Followers is mostninstructive in chronicling the culturalnroots of the movement. Filler studies itsncauses and its effects asking why, of allnthe antisocial lurches of nearly two centuriesnof American...

themes that do lurk in this book. And Inwould begin with a story of my own.nRecently, the local press reported a controversynwracking the University ofnMaryland—an otherwise calm behemothninstitution of no great distinction.nThe controversy involved the managementnof a “nonprofit” co-op lunchncounter where students could go rathernthan the local Pizza Hut or, worse, thenofficial student union. Rememberingninstitutional...

and deeds necessary for heroes whonwould conquer the globe, spreading thensuperficial marks of British culture beforenthem; on the other, literature wasncontent to contemplate the nature ofnhuman emotion close at home by thensafe confines of the fireside.nEach of these realms of experiencencan clearly profit from the scrutinizingnimagination of the man of letters, yetnunfortunately only the domestic...

onistic points of view, it was thencommon reader who ruled in favor ofnDefoe: Gulliver was not read in termsnof its real intent and so the RobinsonnCrusoe perspective prevailed, fanningnthe flames of empire in the popularnimagination. It is Defoe, however, whonis banned from the realms of high culturenas the landed gentry, representednin the personage of Dean...

The finger slicing is, of course, anninept imitation of the well-known episodenfrom Tolstoy’s Father Sergius.nAt his birthday party in a restaurant,nFabian overturned a flaming brandyncake and caught fire:n”His clothes ablaze, he plungednthrough the room, stumbling by tablesnof still-cheering patrons, toward a sidendoor opening on a verandah aboventhe gardens. He vaulted over its railing,ninto the lush...

superdevious and ultrasophisticated.nIn fact, it’s a reality of dimwits immunento rational argumentation.nFabian’s last conquest is a youngnmillionaire heiress who, supported bynher patrician father, implores the old,npoor, plain Fabian to marry her. Fabiannrefuses, but graciously agrees to spendnone night with her. Between these firstnand last conquests Hollywood’s sexualnRobin Hood scores other dazzling victories,namong them a schoolgirl...

The Young, the Radical and the UglynMichael Wolff: White Kids; SummitnBooks; New York.nLouis Filler: Vanguards and Followers;nNelson-Hall; Chicago.nby Edward J. WalshnA marvelous setting into perspectivenis accomplished by White Kids—a.ngentle first novel—and Vanguards andnFollowers—a thorough and authoritativenhistory of what have been calledn”youth movements” in America. Togethernthey form a picture of the 1960’snthat is ugly and sad,...

bell, Kentucky and Fort Benning, Georgia.nAt Benning he meets LieutenantnTerhune, infantry officer, general’snaide and bachelor, a status which, innthe Old Army, is still a, mark againstnhim. He spends casual days with Terhune,ntalking about Army life, parachuting,nrunning, taking part in warngames. The camp routine of the Armynin 1979 is much as it was in 1969 orn1939:...

Filler tells us, it was considered “badntaste” to discuss the Manson connection.nThe violence continued and increasednwith the Weather Underground bombingsnof the early 70’s. But the movementnwas crumbling.nVanguards and Followers is mostninstructive in chronicling the culturalnroots of the movement. Filler studies itsncauses and its effects asking why, of allnthe antisocial lurches of nearly two centuriesnof American...

themes that do lurk in this book. And Inwould begin with a story of my own.nRecently, the local press reported a controversynwracking the University ofnMaryland—an otherwise calm behemothninstitution of no great distinction.nThe controversy involved the managementnof a “nonprofit” co-op lunchncounter where students could go rathernthan the local Pizza Hut or, worse, thenofficial student union. Rememberingninstitutional...

apparently matters little that Aristotle,nPericles and Socrates also were conceptuallynconcerned with them.nThe New York Times has attemptedna feat of rare sophistication: it enlistednthe services of a certain Mr. MichaelnCalabrese, a Ralph Nader associate, whonset out to prove that Reagan was fleecingnconservatives by selling himself asna conservative, which Calabrese believesnhis record as the governor of Californiandisproves:...

staunch defenders of sexual laxity as ancivil right. In 1978 there were over anmillion pregnancies among ll-to-12year-olds.nDoctors and psychiatrists havennow begun to discuss the generationalngenetic damage which may follow thisnphenomenon, impairing the health ofnthe entire population; babies born tonchildren are often afflicted by mentalnand physical pathologies and gravelynimpaired nervous systems.nMany arguments are heard explainingnthe problem....

So Be It!nHow gratifying it is to quotenthe New York Times BooknReview without rancor and withnappreciation. And we have anvague feeling that a suspicion wenhave cautiously voiced in thesenpages for so long has finallynfound its way even into thenminds and editorial offices onnWest 43rd Street:n”One of the saddest thingsnabout psychology today isnthat so many of...

The Art of AdnIn the classified section ofnWomen’s Wear Daily, we couldnfind the following ad:n”SEX!nNow that we have yournattention, we’d like to tellnyou about our fabulous collectionnof off-priced dresses,nsuits, tops, jeans, etc. . ,”nImagine, there are still peoplenaround who do not believe Dr.nPavlov, and who dismiss his acquaintancenwith dogs as unscientific.nDnEditor’s Comment continued from page...

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Editor’s Commentn”In America,” a man of functional wit told me once,n”people means those who live in the East Sixties or shop onnRodeo Drive. Those who live in Queens or Tupelo, Mississippi,nand consider a good hot dog with chili delicious arenAmericans.”nHe himself wore French designer jeans, custom-madencowboy boots, an androgynous shirt open to the navel; thenhair...

nibals who gorge on common sense, routinely confer thenvocable “people” upon the most unexpected specimens.nA friend of mine, a lady of flaming liberal persuasion,ntook part in the historic Chicago flare-up during the 1968nDemocratic Party convention. She marched against the war,nthe system, Amerika—meaningless formulations—and fornrefreshing revolution, social change, inebriation with progressn—even sillier suggestions. Her radical storm...

Opinions & ViewsnTo Think Despair and Live HopenHerbert R. Lottman: Albert Camus;nDoubleday & Co.; New York.nby Stephen L. TannernIf they only knew who I really was,”nCamus once remarked to his secretarynand confidante. He was not an easy mannto understand. In fact, he has been muchnmisunderstood and his writings misconstrued.nFor example, though he firmlynand repeatedly insisted...

are parts or stages of one intellectualnand spiritual quest. A reader of Camusnshould balance his reading of ThenStranger and The Myth of Sisyphusnwith a careful reading of The Rebel.nThis will help him perceive the chronologicalndevelopment of his thought.nIn The Rebel the second basic conceptnis elaborated: revolt, Camus usesnthe word in a special way, not in...

this heart inside me and I conclude thatnit exists. I can touch this world and Inalso conclude that it exists. All mynknowledge ends at this point. The restnis hypothesis.” Here is his principalnlimitation: an inability or refusal to testnthe hypothesis. Everything is at stakenin that test because somewhere in thenhypothesis is the only solid foundationnfor...

Americans, well trained in ordinarynAmerican police techniques of detection,npursuit and fighting, feel at home.nThey prove to be more than a match fornSoviet agents, though the latter arenincomparably more numerous; Americannagents foil their Soviet counterpartsneffectively unless thfe president ornCongress, prompted by the New YorknTimes, ruins it all. On the other hand,nthe totalitarian Soviet regime is im-n”…...

Nixon lie when he said exactly the opposite?nOr does Richard Nixon exist onlyninasmuch as the New York Timesnchooses to reflect his existence?nwne can easily believe the numerousndescriptions by Powers of amicable relationsnbetween top CIA officials likenRichard Helms and New York Timesneditors like James Reston, S. L. Sulzbergernand Powers himself. These CIAnofficials ought to be pleased...

a CIA officer named Carmel Offie, andnthe man was fired from the CIA as anbad security risk. McCarthy made hisncases “from FBI reports, the right-wingnpress, Washington rumor, the leaksnof disappointed men, and pure innuendo.”nEven such a sedate statementnwould have been improbable in a booknpublished in New York a few years ago.nBut in the very next...

in contact with him after his releasenfrom prison until his death: family, angirl friend, his two victims, lawyers,npolicemen, public defenders, fellownprisoners, and of course reporters andnhucksters of book and movie contracts.nIt is all there, unedited, we know, becausenthe legend on the dust cover tellsnus that:n”Norman Mailer has not predigestednhis material and imposed a point ofnview....

are secondary, no, unimportant, evennmeaningless, in the process of creatingna media superstar. Gary Gilmore wasngood “copy”; he was not some derangednhillbilly or ghetto hit man, but a calculating,nreasonably intelligent man whonturned his life consciously to the pursuitnof evil: “I walked in on Benny Bushnellnand I said to that fat son of a bitch,n’Your money, son,...

grammatical sentences.nAn example of such a universal wouldnbe the fact that sentences in all languagesnare hierarchically rather thannlinearly organized. Because of this propertynor “constraint” the words of a sentencenare analyzable into groups ofnnested units, which in turn may be representednby a system of constituentnbrackets. Thus (ignoring most of thendetails) the sentence The argument fornliberalism that...

gain and everything to lose by innovating.”nDuring the course of his thoroughndemolition of Chomsky’s position,nSampson reinterprets a number of issuesnthrough his liberal lens. The war innVietnam, for example, is colored differentlynwhen the authoritarian naturenof the opposing government is takenninto consideration. Similarly, Britain’snmembership in the European EconomicnCommunity becomes a regressive actnand the whole Jensen I.Q. controversynan...

teacher. But before looking for her,nFlood recalls where the letter was concealednin his apartment, opens it andnreads it. It is in Russian, but that is nonproblem: one year’s residence and anprevious year of study had made himnfluent in that language. The letter speaksnof a vast, secret, anti-American undertakingnlaunched inside the USA by sinisternSoviet forces. Anything...

further mysteries it contains. Marjanobligingly draws another architecturalnmap, skillfully locating the burglarnalarm system, the guard—a dog—andnvon Hoffen’s assistant. None of thesenfaze Flood, who breaks into the garagenbehind the house, which is unaccountablynleft with no alarm system or dog,nand sets fire to McCabevon Hof fen’snMercedes. The blaze brings the humannand animal security guards racing outnof the...

servation made by W. SomersetnMaugham, whose truth every real writernknows:n”Sometimes people carry to such perfectionnthe mask they have assumednthat in due course they actually becomenthe person they seem. But in hisnbook or his picture the real man deliversnhimself defenseless. To thenacute observer no one can producenthe most casual work without disclosingnthe innermost secrets of his...

rillas in the mountains. This was impossible.nNevertheless, Wyden believes,nthe operation was not completely hopeless.nIt was a “wild gamble,” but notn”mad,” and with all its defects the plannmight have been carried out successfully.nPresident Kennedy wrecked anynchances of success by blandly ignoringnthe requirement—which the CIA seemsnto have made reasonably clear—for thendestruction of Castro’s air force. ThenPentagon had...

finally seen the light, while I’ve nevernerred and still receive no dramatic recognition?”nAs best I understand, the parablensignifies the high value communitiesnshould put on w^o/esomeness, and thendemands that valuation places on responsiblencitizens. A similar theme isniterated in the parable of the lost sheep,nand the duty of the good shepherd tonreconstitute his flock.nObviously, there is good...

Outdated GomorrahsnJames Baldwin: Just Above MynHead; Dial Press; New York.nby Allan C. BrownfeldnIn an essay written in Partisan Reviewnin 1949, when he was twenty-four,nBaldwin declared his determination tonreject the path of protest which a blacknwriter in America was expected to pursue.nRather than depict the black mannas “merely a member of a Society ornGroup” who has...