REYNOLDS' DRIVEL
McMillin, Miles
Reynolds Drivel THE CURTAIN RISES, by Quentin Reynolds. Random House. $2.75. Reviewed by Miles McMillin THE tremendous amount of drivel written about lis war by globe-trotting journalists, as...
...Any good communist or capitalist would be ashamed of either argument...
...Terry Allen is always Terry, and Lt...
...I've been with the First Division in Sicily...
...Full of Jews...
...I wrote it...
...I'm used to being with Jews," Reynolds retorts...
...Well, if we must be cute, I can only say: Frankly, I think the book stinks...
...The author begins with a description of his boredom at again being assigned to the European war zones and ends with the usual attempt to picture all home front criticism as a treacherous assault on the splendid military achievements of our armed forces...
...I ought to...
...Montgomery to him is "Monty," Gen...
...The blurb on the book's jacket, written by the author himself, concludes this way: "Frankly, I like the book a lot...
...One more comment...
...It'll please you to know that a hell of a lot of them were killed...
...Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., is Frank and sometimes just plain "sucker...
...Reviewed by Miles McMillin THE tremendous amount of drivel written about lis war by globe-trotting journalists, as compared to some of the really good stuff by writers who have stayed right here at home, is one of the paradoxical sidelights of the war...
...I read it...
...This book is no exception...
...Worst part is the cafe debate between the author and a young Russian officer about the merits of their respective social systems...
...I ought to...
...In between you are impressed with |how much liquor American correspondents can drink and with the author's warm intimacy with every celebrity in the world...
...Best part of the book is Reynolds' crack at an American who doesn't like New York because of "all them Jews...
Vol. 8 • May 1944 • No. 18
