THE WEST END HORROR: A Posthu–
mous Memoir ot John H. Watson, M.D.,
edited by Nicholas Meyer. Dutton, $7.95
In
The Seven·Per·Cent Solution ,
Sher·
lock Holmes met Sigmund Freud. In
The
West End Horror,
Nicholas Meyer has
brought to light another previously unpub–
lished episode in the career of the
famo~s
detective, as recorded by his close friend
and associate, Dr. John H. Watson.
THE LIFE OF RAYMOND CHANDLER,
by Frank MacShane. Dutton, $10.95
MacShane has had exclusive access
to Chandler's documents and has con–
ducted extensive interviews with Chand–
ler's surviving colleagues and lovers. The
creation of Philip Marlowe, the tough but
sentimental private eye, made Chandler
famous and brought him into contact with
a fascinating cast of characters of the
1930s and 40s. Among them were Alfred
Hitchcock, Erie Stanley Gardner, Lucky
Luciano, and Humphrey Bogart. Chandler
himself turns out to be the most interest–
ing character of all-the man who glorified
the seamy side of life in Southern Califor–
nia turns out to have been a recluse and
an avid Anglophile.
THE SPYMASTERS: The True Story of
Anglo-American Intelligence Opera–
tions within Nazi Germany, 1939-1945,
by Charles Whiting. Dutton, $8.95
Whiting describes the infighting of the
under-cover men and women-the eyes
and ears of their respective governments–
within
Nazi Germany during World War II.
He tells the story of how they eventually
outwitted the
Abwehr,
infiltrated agents
into virtually every section of German life,
and helped bring about the surrender of
the German army.
EGON SCHIELE, by Alessandra Comlnl.
Brazlller, $15.00
Like many of his expressionist contem–
poraries, Egon Schiele was distrubingly
dualistic: his provocative explorations of
erotica do not prepare the reader for the
tender side of the painter as revealed in
the landscapes and lyrical town scenes
treated here. The author examines the
artist's sources within the context of pre–
World War I society and illuminates both
the ethos and the eros of Austria's great–
est expressionist painter.
IN A SHALLOW GRAVE, by James Purdy.
Arbor House, $7.50
A gripping narrative of one man who
comes back from the wars-not in a box,
but in a shallow grave, by one of America's
most notable literary and narrative talents.
Set .against a background of elemental
forces and complex human emotion,
In
a
Shallow Grave
is a story of the resurrec–
tion of human love and feeling from the
very depths.
THE CONSERVATIVE INTELLECTUAL
MOVEMENT IN AMERICA SINCE 1945,
by George H. Nash. Basic Books, $20.00
Beginning in 1945, Nash locates the
origins of postwar conservatism among
those intellectuals who emerged from the
war deeply concerned and frequently
pessimistic about America's future. Among
them were those who feared the un–
checked expansion of the State; others
were more concerned with religiOUS and
ethical "absolutes;" while a great number
warned against the growth of a militant
totalitarian Communism opposed to the
Western world. All of these poSitions, as
Nash illustrates, coalesced in a number of
reviews, magazines, into intellectual pOSi–
tions that served to create an effective
intellectual force within a distinctly Ameri–
can frame .
THE LAST CHANCE: Nuclear Prolifera–
tion and Arms Control, by William
Epstein. Free Press, $14.95
This book, written by the Secretary of
the United Nations Disarmament Commis–
sion, offers a basic history of nuclear
proliferation and an incisive analysis of
the threat it poses to world security.
THE MY LAI MASSACRE AND ITS
COVER-UP: Beyond the Reach of Law?
by Joseph Goldstein, Burke Marshall,
and Jack Schwartz. Free Press, $10.95
This crucial volume of the Peers Com–
mission Report, its findings, conclUSions,
and recommendations, is now publicly
available for the first time. The editors'
introduction raises powerful ethical and
legal questions concerning war crimes,
international law, command responsibil–
ity, and the suppression of information.
