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Hardcover Fiction

Week of May 3, 1964

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THE GROUP
Mary McCarthy
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THE GROUP

by Mary McCarthy · Harcourt, Brace and World

35 wks on list

Eight Vassar girls, determined not to be like Mother, decide to move with the times and put into action the ideas they have learned about in college.

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THE WAPSHOT SCANDAL
John Cheever
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THE WAPSHOT SCANDAL

by John Cheever · Harper & Row

15 wks on list

Tells of the Wapshot family as they carom around the world with considerable velocity, at times veering into outbreaks of wild hilarity.

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A NIGHT IN LISBON
Erich Maria Remarque
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A NIGHT IN LISBON

by Erich Maria Remarque · Harcourt, Brace and World

3 wks on list

History and fate collide as the Nazis rise to power in The Night in Lisbon, a classic tale of survival from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front. With the world slowly sliding into war, it is crucial that enemies of the Reich flee Europe at once. But so many routes are closed, and so much money is needed. Then one night in Lisbon, as a poor young refugee gazes hungrily at a boat bound for America, a stranger approaches him with two tickets and a story to tell. It is a harrowing tale of bravery and butchery, daring and death, in which the price of love is beyond measure and the legacy of evil is infinite. As the refugee listens spellbound to the desperate teller, in a matter of hours the two form a unique and unshakable bond—one that will last all their lives. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.