Judge — August 15, 1931 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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Ne week is complete without a men- + tion of a book about the new Rus- sia. So many coming out, it’s no longer necessary to visit Russia to find out what's what—so completely and minutely is everything described right down to which droshky drivers’ horses have sniffles in which nostrils standing on which corners of Lenin- grad. In fact, if the books continue pouring forth, Russia will not die | an economic death—snuffed out by the capitalistic nations—but a liter- ary death—pcople having been bored to death by so many books about it. Our theory is tl know too much about as soon as you subject, you're not interested in it any loi ger in any and in support we offer gangster novels, Rudy Vallee and the Joycean marriages. This week's Red menace is Albert Mundavin's “The Red Foy Lifts.” A very human document, it is the story of passionate sense, a New York broker's personal experi- | al months in Russia. | Having a working knowledge of the | ence during sev Russian lang himself and go how the Russians w Five-Year Plan. » he went about by d-eyeful of cting to the The book is very sympathetic, but with the conditions | he met up with he confesses he does not care about changing his penthouse on Park Avenue for a place at the Communistic table. The book is lively | for the per is too home nothing or trivial for Mr, Mundavin to record. As a his- torical contribution it has value, but for modern Russia it is somewhat out of date, having to do with the first year of the celebrated plan—things having changed so since. A Not inconsiderable feature of both Stephan Zweig’s “Amok” and David Garnett’s “The Grasshop- | pers Come” is their brevity. As we've | hooted before and as we will continue hooting till we've nary a hoot left, this is an age that is gifted with some of the most long-winded women novelists that the werld has ever known, How- ever, here are two authors who recog- nized that the themes they had to work with fitted nicely into novelette form, end putting aside the temptation to pad them out to 385-page length, fitted them nicely into novelette form. Prosit, men! “Amok” has a melodramatic swing to it that keeps you leaping right shead while reading. A stately (don't Jaugh—that describes her ctly) married wi rman doctor stationed in the Borneo jun and asks that he perform a de operation. She offers money if he'll keep the news from her husband. (Continued on page 28) man comes to a C JUDGING BOOKS | I changed to Marlboros when in New York three years ago, because people whom I considered snart Smoked then. I have stuck to Marlboros because they are intriguingly mild, distinctively ivory tipped and a complement to ay a>) personalityl$ With Marlboros in my home, I feel myself the perfect hostess! Sey +..55% more in safety and epjoyment at only 5 cents more in price WHY (1) CHANGED TO MARLBORO CONTEST Miss Gretchen Colnik, Milwaukee, Wisc. en Gretchen Colnik Your favor—your pleasure—your benefit inspire its quality— its sanitary package. Remember to pick it up. 1 comicbooks.com