THE CONSTANT IMAGE
by Marcia Davenport · Charles Scribner's Sons
Hariet and Carlo saw no harm in their love affair. It was intended to last only as long as Hariet's winter in Milan. Neither of them expected they would mean so much to each other. When an old and sophisticated society enforced the rights of the family against the lawless claims of love, the love was put to a terrible test.
OURSELVES TO KNOW
by John O'Hara · Random House
In 1908, in a small Pennsylvania town, a highly respected citizen kills his young wife. A full-length portrait of a troubled and talented man of good will.
A DISTANT TRUMPET
by Paul Horgan · Farrar & Rinehart
A Distant Trumpet is a story of the American West, hailed as "a first-rate historical novel about the eternally mystifying, fascinating, dramatic complexities of human character."
TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN
by Irwin Shaw · Random House
An American, Jack Andrus, is suddenly called to Rome on an errand of friendship. Soon after his arrival he is the victim of a bizarre accident.
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