Word: cowardly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Coward, McCann & Geoghegan;886 pages...
Dubin is ultimately a coward--one more sympathetic to his plight (and nearer his age) might call him very human?--but in the end the book is wearing. He obviously sees himself as likable (as does Malamud), but it becomes harder and harder to understand why. The problem is that the book becomes too much like Dubin--one of those people who draw you into their lives with the message, "I can change, I want to change, all I need is for you to believe in me, love me and I will change." And it ends with Dubin sneaking...
...CUTTING EDGE by Penelope Gillian Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 150 pages...
...Caine sets off Smith's brittle wit with soothing tenderness. Together these actors prove that a marriage of convenience can be a dynamic emotional affair. They also demonstrate that Simon, when he puts his mind to it, can be a worthy American heir to Noël Coward...
COCAINE AND BLUE EYES by Fred Zackel; Coward McCann & Geoghegan; 264 pages...