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...author of one witty novel (The Rock Pool) and a rather indescribable, rather marvelous volume of quotations, moody autobiography and black-Irish philosophy he called The Unquiet Grave. But by temperament and profession he was above all that obsolescent specimen, The Bookman. The bulk of his writing, like this last collection, was in the form of reviews. Posed against a floor-to-ceiling bookcase with his snub-nose schoolboy's impertinent face, he seemed as much in his natural habitat as a leprechaun in front...
...Connolly's diary-anthology of essays and epigrams, The Unquiet Grave, won acclaim from Critic Edmund Wilson as one of the best books out of wartime England. After Horizon's demise in 1950, Connolly became a critic for the London Sunday Times. Snobbish and witty, he once said that "the books I haven't written are better than the books other people have...
...Unquiet Death of Jullus and Ethel Rosenberg. An examination of the Rosenberg A-bomb case, using newsreel footage and trial transcripts to explore some of the moral and legal questions involved. Ch. 44, 9 p.m. 1 1/2 hours...
...indeed espionage did take place, was it really of such consequence that the death penalty should even have been considered? The answer to the second question was stated succinctly by scientist Phillip Morrison who holds a co-patent on the atomic bomb, on the television program The Unquiet Death of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: "There is no secret to the atomic bomb." Clearly the Rosenbergs were executed for invalid reasons in the sense that it was simply impossible to attribute Soviet possession of the atomic bomb to their actions, as Judge Kaufman did. In addition, setting aside the moral question...
...Unquiet Death of Jullus and Ethel Rosenberg. Ch.2, 9:30 p.m. 1 1/2 hours...