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...course, is not Morte d'Urban but Persian Art, by Roman Ghirshman. The reason is not that Persian Art is a magnificent, lavishly illustrated study (it is), nor that Aunt is fascinated by the subject (she isn't). It is that Persian Art (Golden Press; 401 pp.) costs $25 and weighs 4! Ibs., and Powers' novel costs only $4.50 and weighs a paltry 20 oz. Until some publisher solves the problem by charging $40 for a novel printed on vellum, gift givers ashamed to say "$4.50 worth of Merry Christmas" will buy books by the pound...
...CONQUEST OF LONDON (465 pp.) and THE MIDDLE YEARS (408 pp.), Vols. II & III of HENRY JAMES-Leon Edel--Lippincoft...
NAKED LUNCH (255 pp.)-William Burroughs-Grove...
...COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS (175 pp.)-Paul Goodman-Random House...
DRAWING THE LINE (III pp.)-Paul Goodman-Random House...