Hardcover Fiction

by James Gould Cozzens · Harcourt, Brace and Company

by Nevil Shute · William Morrow and Company

by Grace Metalious · Simon & Schuster

by Max Schulman · Doubleday

New York Times Bestseller : The US Army invades a small Connecticut town in this Cold War comedy classic. Harry Bannerman drinks his nightly bourbon on the train from New York City to Putnam's Landing, Connecticut. A typical commuter, he has a bald spot, a house, two mortgages, three children, and a wife who is a committed soccer mom and pillar of the community. Harry just wants to curl up on the couch with Grace when he gets home, but instead faces an endless round of PTA meetings, political rallies, little league games, and amateur theatricals. Second Lt. Guido di Maggio loves baseball less than his last name implies and his fiancée, Maggie Larkin, more than the army allows. College sweethearts, the couple has their future all mapped out: Guido will complete his military service in Maryland while Maggie starts her teaching career in Putnam's Landing, a five-hour train ride away. But when Guido is reassigned to Alaska and Maggie loses her job for giving a sex talk to second graders, their plans go up in smoke. To avoid Alaska and save his relationship with Maggie, Guido takes the thankless job directing public relations at a new anti-aircraft base in Putnam's Landing. What happens next in this national bestseller is a dark and funny story of the disaffected and disconnected in Cold War suburbia as tensions mount between the "invading" army ("invading" Connecticut, that is) and a bevy of local teenagers; between frustrated commuters and their frustrated wives; between social do-gooders and Yankee conservatives; and between romantic dreams of the artist's life in New York and the pedestrian reality of having to earn a living to house and feed a growing family.

by Richard Mason · World Publishing Co

by Myron S. Kaufmann · Lippincott,

by Thomas B. Costain · Doubleday and Company, Inc

An interweaving of present and past in the story of the English struggles that led to the Magna Carta (1215 A.D.). An attempt of an aging Senator from the U.S. intertwined with ruined castles of Ireland combined with events post 1066 Norman conquered England, makes Below The Salt a well written, dashing, exciting story. One that builds eventually leading to the large, open field of Runnymede close by the Thames. Judy H. at Amazon wrote: "England's King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine had many children, the most famous of whom were Richard the Lionheart and John "Lackland". Another son, Geoffrey, died before his parents, but left 2 children: Arthur and Eleanor. And thereby hangs this tale. The historical record relates that after the death of Richard Lionheart, the evil John usurped the throne that should have gone to his older brother Geoffrey's son Arthur, and that to solidfy his claim, he murdered Arthur and swept Eleanor into a convent, where she was never to be seen or heard from again. In this wonderful, imaginative book, the author keeps to most of the historical record, but asserts that after the death of her brother, Arthur, Eleanor was spirited away to safety by William the Marshal. The story starts in the present day, and details the efforts of a descendent of Marshal to find the lineal descendent of Eleanor, who would be the de jure Queen of England. The story weaves back and forth between the present day and 13th century England, and is absolutely riveting. If you like English history, and especially if you like what-if situations, this is a great book."

by Ayn Rand · Random House

by Pearl S. Buck · John Day

by Frank Yerby · Dial Press

by Meyer Levin · Simon & Schuster

Ambassador Theatre, Michael Myerberg presents "Compulsion," dramatization by (producer's version) Meyer Levin, production staged by Alex Segal, with Roddy McDowall, Dean Stockwell, Howard Da Silva, Michael Constantine, settings by Peter Larkin, costumes by John Boxer, lighting by Charles Elson, co-producer Len S. Gruenberg

by Edwin Gilbert · Lippencott

by Dorothy Erskine and Patrick Dennis · G. P. Putnam's Sons

by John McPartland · Simon & Schuster

by Lawrence Durrell · E.P. Dutton

Justine, arranque del monumental Cuarteto de Alejandría y quizá la mejor novela jamás escrita de Lawrence Durrell, es sin duda la más invluyente de sus obras y ha dejado una huella indeleble en varias generaciones de lectores. Situada en la Alejandría cosmopolita y sensual de los momentos previos a la segunda guerra mundial y centrada en un personaje cuya búsqueda del placer constituye un método e aprendizaje, ofrece al lector una experiencia como pocos libros pueden proporcionarle. La Alejandría de Durrell, donde la realidad y el sueño se funden, se ofrece como una ciudad de precisa belleza, comparable a la Roma de Hawthorne o al Paris de Proust. Aquí asistimos a la belleza con que Darley, el narrador, refiere la historia de su pasión hacia la enigmática Justine, centro de unos amores cruzados. El desenlace, con una misteriosa muerte, es en realidad un final abierto que sólo cobra todo su sentido tras la lectura del resto del Cuarteto ("Balthazar", "Mountolive" y "Clea"). Un turbador relato en el que la inteligencia, la perspicaz observación del ser humano y la riqueza narraativa adquieren un protagonismo absoluto. Esta monumental obra se encuentra disponible en tapa dura en nuestra colección Edhasa Literaria y se vende tanto individualmente como la obra completa en un estuche que incluye los cuatro volúmenes de la obra, El cuarteto de Alejandría. Así mismo también está disponible en bolsillo en nuestra colección Pocket Edhasa, tanto en volúmenes individuales como en estuche. De esta novela han dicho: "No creo que se pueda escribir una prosa más lúcida en inglés" HENRY MILLER "Una de las obras más fascinantes jamás escritas" TERENCI MOIX

by Daphne du Maurier · Doubleday