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...Moon's a Balloon, Niven...
...Moon's a Balloon, Niven (10) 9- Honor Thy Father, Talese...
Wilson 10 -The Moon's a Balloon. Niven...
...Niven's description of that polo match is one of the better "Zanuck-dotes." At one point, the story goes, Niven was racing Zanuck for the ball. Suddenly his horse stretched ahead, sank his teeth into the seat of Zanuck's breeches and held on. Niven made a wild swing at the ball but missed. Next thing he knew his stick was clamped beneath the tail of Zanuck's pony. Attached tooth and tail, the "horrible triangle" galloped past the stands. "I was not," Niven reports soberly, "invited to play polo with Zanuck again...
...Niven appears to be a totally social animal. In company he is the most amiable of men-quick with his tongue, handy with a glass, a devil with the ladies. During World War II he was also a brave soldier, but you'll never hear about that from Niven. All he reports of his experiences as a commando major during the Normandy landing is that he could hardly hear the guns for the nightingales...