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WEEK-END - Phil Stong - Harcourt, Brace...
Connecticut used to be one of the New England states, and to New Englanders it still is, but Manhattanites tend to think of it as a rustic week-end resort. To Iowa-born Phil Stong, writing of the sophisticated eccentricities of a Manhattanite smart set, Connecticut is a natural setting for their Jabberwockian gimblings. Author Stong's brilliant exaggeration has made even his native Iowa a melodramatic backdrop; with the iridescent decadence of a Westerner's East in which to dip his brush, he has outdone himself. His Week-End is a melodrama of gamily high life, told...
VILLAGE TALE-Phil Stong-Harcourt, Brace...
...Woman's place is the home, and I could tell you which room." So says an unrepentant old sinner in Author Stong's latest bucolic melodrama. But the actions of Village Tale's unashamed characters speak even louder than their pungent words. This highly colored tale of country wickedness will, like State Fair and Stranger's Return, find a welcome in Hollywood...
VILLAGE TALE, by Phil Stong. Harcourt, Brace...