RECENT & READABLE

The River and the Gauntlet, by S.L. A. Marshall. An unforgettable story of the surprise and defeat of the U.S. Eighth Army on its 1950 march to the Yalu (TIME, June 1).

King George the Fifth, by Harold Nicolson. A masterful political biography of a dutiful and old-fashioned man (TIME, June 11).

7 1/2 Cents, by Richard Bissell. Life in the Midwest as seen from a pajama factory; a sturdily original little novel by a writer who began as Mark Twain did, as a riverboat pilot (TIME, May 25).

Lost Trails, Lost Cities, by Colonel P. H. Fawcett. Absorbing memoirs of the jungles and savannas of remotest Brazil, by an explorer who failed to return from his last expedition (TIME, May 25).

The Rommel Papers. A self-portrait, from letters and campaign notes, of one of the most aggressive commanders in military history (TIME, May 18).

Go Tell It on the Mountain, by James Baldwin. An intensely written novel of life in Harlem (TIME, May 18).

The World and the West, by Arnold Toynbee. A provocative interpretation of the history of the past six centuries, capped with a venture in semi-prophecy (TIME, April 20).

Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis. A man of action confronts life with one of the most affirmative philosophies in recent fiction; a modern Greek masterpiece by last year's runner-up for the Nobel Prize (TIME, April 20).

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