THE UGLY AMERICAN
by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick · W.W. Norton and Company
The multi-million-copy bestseller that blends truth and fiction in a “devastating indictment of American policy” (New York Times Book Review). A piercing exposé of American incompetence and corruption in Southeast Asia, The Ugly American captivated the nation when it was first published in 1958. The book introduces readers to an unlikely hero in the titular “ugly American”—and to the ignorant politicians and arrogant ambassadors who ignore his empathetic and commonsense advice. In linked stories and vignettes set in the fictional nation of Sarkhan, William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick draw an incisive portrait of American foreign policy gone dangerously wrong—and how it might be fixed. Eerily relevant sixty years after its initial publication, The Ugly American reminds us that “today, as the battle for hearts and minds has shifted to the Middle East, we still can’t speak Sarkhanese” (New York Times).
WILDER STONE
by John Leggett · Harper and Brothers
Story of the regeneration of a human being in which a 40-year-old New York office worker blasts his way out of hopelessness and defeat.
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
by Grace Metalious · Julian Messner Inc
The continuing story of Peyton Place is once again available in paperback
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.