A RACE OF REBELS

by Andrew Tulley ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Two popular pieces of reporting- Treasury Agent and Era of Elegance do not really qualify Andrew Tully for an excursion into romantic eroticism, scarcely justified as cashing in on the news value of the Cuban setting. As a matter of fact, the revolution in Cuba seems of secondary importance to our hero, Mike, American newspaper correspondent, whose vital interest at the moment is Margaret, a fresh looking blonde who is his ""squirrel"". With no thought (apparently a standard condition for them), they jump into bed and there they remain for most of the book, drinking rum and indulging in their ""adorable private conversations"" which to this reader come out as nauseating drivel. But our Mike is a correspondent in the slick grade C film tradition:- lots of love but no marriage lines. And Margaret is so worshipping that she hesitates to let him know she is pregnant, and chooses instead an abortion which almost costs her life. Mike is ""sorry""; he really loves his ""little squirrel"", but thankful her life has been spared so that after all they can continue their dialogue- on more domestic lines- in marriage. A book which- to us at least- seems to offer no reason for being.

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1959

Categories: FICTION