THE BRAIN PICKERS (319 pp.)—Hallie Burnett—Messner ($3.95). “The novel the whole publishing world is buzzing about! . . . Exposes the commercial snake pit of the book world where power-hungry men and ...
Once upon a time there was a poor woman named Sabatella who longed for a child. Her husband, Cola-Mattheo brought a baby snake home, who asked her to mother him. The snake grew bigger and bigger under ...
THE SEA WALL (288 pp.) — Marguerite Duras— Pellegrini & Cudahy ($3.50). Most Frenchmen have a natural distrust of living anywhere except in France, but the poster swayed the schoolteacher and his wife ...