RECENT & READABLE

Requiem for a Nun, by William Faulkner. The Nobel Prizewinner returns to the characters of Sanctuary (1931), reports them older, sadder, a little wiser, with an outside chance to save their souls (TIME, Sept. 24).

The Rise and Fall of Hermann Goering, by Willi Frischauer. The all but incredible story of one of the most energetic moral relativists of the 20th Century; popular biography at its best (TIME, Sept. 24).

Shadows Move Among Them, by Edgar Mittelhoelzer. Uninhibited high jinks about a singularly unorthodox missionary in British Guiana, somewhat befogged by the suggestion that the high jinks add up to ethical Utopia (TIME, Sept. 17).

The Holy Sinner, by Thomas Mann. A medieval version of the Oedipus legend with a happy ending; retold with affectionate irony and a new twist or two (TIME, Sept. 10).

Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron. Decay and aimlessness in country-club Virginia; a first novel by a 26-year-old Southerner who writes well if not refreshingly (TIME, Sept. 10).

Truth in the Night, by Michael Mc Laverty. A quietly fine story about a corrosive nagger in an island community off the Irish coast (TIME, Sept. 3).

Dizzy, by Hesketh Pearson. A lively, short biography of Disraeli, by an enthusiastic admirer (TIME, Sept. 3).

Mr. Smith, by Louis Bromfield. Author Bromfield borrows Sinclair Lewis' old gloves and goes to work on the bruised midsection of the U.S. middle class; a fairly brisk exhibition, though a lot of the punches land soft (TIME, Aug. 27).

Moonfleet, by J. Meade Falkner. First U.S. publication of a turn-of-the-century English classic about smugglers, diamonds and growing boys, for people who reread Treasure Island (TIME, Aug. 13).

The Cruel Sea, by Nicholas Monsarrat. A stirring novel of life & death on the Atlantic convoy lanes in World War II (TIME, Aug. 6).

The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger. A tender-tough story about a 16-year-old who tries on a man-about-town role several sizes too large for him (TIME, July 16).

The Sea Around Us, by Rachel Carson. The life & times of the sea; a first-class popular summary of what scientists have dredged up (TIME, July 16).

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