RECENT & READABLE

The Eternal Smile & Other Stories, by Par Lagerkvist. A fine collection of stories and fables from the inventive mind of the Swedish Nobel Prizewinner, ranging from childish charm to ghostlike horror (TIME, June 28).

Haclcenfeller's Ape, by Brigid Brophy. Romance among apes can be very human and very funny, as seen in a young novelist's bright satire (TIME, June 28).

A Child of the Century, by Ben Hecht. A big, disorganized and frequently fascinating look in the mirror by a prolific softie who always made like a toughie (TIME, June 21).

Mary Anne, by Daphne du Maurier. A royal duke, a scheming mistress, a scandal that shakes the House of Commons--in other words, all that Du Maurier fans need for a happy evening (TIME, June 21).

Guignol's Band, by Louis-Ferdinand Celine. A preposterous but amusing nightmare about pimps, trollops and deadbeats in World War I London (TIME, June 14).

The Victorian Chaise Longue, by Marghanita Laski. A slight but chilling tale about a girl who strayed from the 20th century into the 19th (TIME, June 14).

An English Year, by Nan Fairbrother. An Englishwoman's beautifully written reflections on changing nature, growing children and the wonders of life in general (TIME, June 7).

Madame de Pompadour, by Nancy Mitford. A life of Louis XV's dazzling mistress, done up in rich literary brocades by a fine British writer (TIME, June 7).

Chinese Gordon: The Story of a Hero, by Lawrence & Elizabeth Hanson. A first-rate biography of the odd but dazzling fish who was Victorian England's shining knight (TIME, May 31).

The Tunnel of Love, by Peter De Vries. A punny farce about sin and redemption in suburban Connecticut (TIME, May 24).

The Courts of Memory, by Frank Rooney. One of the year's best first novels, although tedious in spots, about the lost generation of the '303 and its conformist nonconformists (TIME, May 17).

The Reason Why, by Cecil Woodham-Smith. Best and most fascinating account to date of the most glorious snafu in military history: the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava (TIME, May 10).

The Fire-Raisers, by Marris Murray. A vivid, moody story about a South African valley and its willy-nilly incendiaries (TIME, April 26).

Minutes of the Last Meeting, by Gene Fowler. More stories about those three Hollywood musketeers, John Barrymore, W. C. Fields and Author Fowler, disguised as a biography of their colleague and poetic oracle, Sadakichi Hartmann (TIME, April 5).

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