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December 23, 1961 Issue - 39 Articles- Trade Winds
Jerome M. Beatty
, pp. 6-9 - Offhand
Niccolo Tucci
, p. 10 - Chess Corner
Al Horowitz
, p. 11 - Second Time Around
Theodore H. White
, pp. 12-17 The Political Topography of Today's World
- Literary Horizons
Granville Hicks
, p. 18 Another Look at the Deserving
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Book in the News (Review) Theodore Draper
, p. 19 Communist Totalitarianism, by Bertram D. Wolfe
- Communist Totalitarianism by Bertram D. Wolfe
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The Portrait That Boswell Erased (Review) J.H. Plumb
, p. 20 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., by John Hawkins and Bertram H. Davis
- The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by John Hawkins and Bertram H. Davis
- Literary I.Q., p. 21
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Dawning of an Identity (Review) Aileen Pippett
, p. 21 Pigtails and Pernod, by Simona Pakenham
- Pigtails and Pernod by Simona Pakenham
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Jolly Popping of Guns and Corks (Review) Nicholas King
, p. 22 All the Best Years, by Desmond Young
- All the Best Years by Desmond Young
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Enigma Who Toppled the Turks (Review) Ernest K. Lindley
, p. 22 Lawrence of Arabia, by Anthony Nutting
- Lawrence of Arabia by Anthony Nutting
- Literary Crypt, p. 23
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Victim of Solitary Sorrows (2 Reviews) Henry Popkin
, p. 23 The Burning Brand: Diaries, 1935-1950, by Cesare Pavese
- The Burning Brand: Diaries, 1935-1950 by Cesare Pavese
- House on the Hill by Cesare Pavese
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Asocial Act of Mercy (Review) Anna Balakian
, p. 24 The Executioner, by Pierre Boulle
- The Executioner by Pierre Boulle
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Jabs at a Luciferian Weekly (Review) George Kirgo
, p. 24 The Fun House, by William Brinkley
- The Fun House by William Brinkley
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Homicide for the Holidays (18 Reviews) Sergeant Cuff
, p. 25 The Devil Was Handsome, by Maurice Procter
- The Devil Was Handsome by Maurice Procter
- Lizzie Borden: The Untold Story by Edward D. Radin
- A Companion to Murder by E. Spencer Shew
- The Sheppard Murder Case by Paul Holmes
- The Gentleman Was a Thief by Neil Hickey
- The Papers of Andrew Melmoth by Hugh Sykes Davies
- One Night in July by Jonathan Root
- Operation Terror by Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon
- A Case for Appeal by Lesley Egan
- Farewell Crown and Goodbye King by Margot Bennett
- The Empty Robe by Stella Crater and Oscar Fraley
- The Men Who Robbed Brink's by Joseph J. O'Keefe and Bob Considine
- Tales for a Rainy Night by David Alexander
- A Grave Undertaking by Lionel White
- A Friend of Mary Rose by Elizabeth Fenwick
- Banking on Murder by Emma Lathen
- The Smartest Grave by Reginald James White
- Ten Rillington Place by Ludovic H.C. Kennedy
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Red Shadows in New Guinea (Review) James Yaffe
, p. 25 North from Thursday, by Jon Cleary
- North from Thursday by Jon Cleary
- The Great Journey
Abraham Kaplan
, p. 26 - Christmas Greetings To the American Drean
John Ciardi
, p. 27 - The Season of Hope, p. 28
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 29
- Broadway Postscript
Henry Hewes
, p. 30 - TV and Radio
Robert Lewis Shayon
, p. 31 - The Fine Arts
Katharine Kuh
, p. 32 - Film Directors at Work, pp. 33-36
SR's Annual Report on the Movies
- Explorations in the Unconscious
Cynthia Grenier
, p. 37 Alain Resnais of France
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Movies: Innocents Abroad (Review) Arthur Knight
, p. 38 The Innocents (1961 Film), by Jack Clayton
- The Innocents (1961 Film) by Jack Clayton
- Style Is the Director
Hollis Alpert
, pp. 39-41 Ingmar Bergman of Sweden
- Pick of the Paperbacks, pp. 42-43
- Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
, p. 44 SR/Recordings
- Liszt in the Records of His Pupils
Jan Holeman
, pp. 45-47 - Liszt and Piano Technique
Harry L. Anderson
, pp. 48-49 - Filed, but Not Forgotten
Richard Freed
, p. 50 - The Critics Choose, p. 51
- Recordings in Review, p. 52
- "L'Enfance du Christ"
Robert Lawrence
, pp. 53-57 - Musical Theatre on the Round
Irving Kolodin
, p. 58 - Mravinsky's Tchaikovsky
Victor Seroff
, pp. 59-66 - Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1448, pp. 67-68