Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 4 | War Background for New Novel by Richardson

I I I War Background for New Novel by Richardson That Late ate Unpleasantness Is Full of Clever Conversation Conversa Conversa- tion ion and Situations By GRACE WINKELMAN Suppose that you had left the United St States tes when you were a small lad lati and after twenty years in Paris and several severa years in the world war you discovered that in- in order to in inherit erit a nice large sum sum of money you must return to the United States and live li on a plantation plantation plantation planta planta- tion in the south and give up all hopes pf t being an artist for five years That is the situation that faced the hero in Norval Richardson's Richardsons Richardsons Richardson's Richardsons Richardson's Richard Richard- sons son's novel no That Late Unpleasant Unpleasant- ness S The book is written in a form that seems to be growing very popular popular pop pop- ular the diary style It is cleverly written and th the author has ha's made his leading characters interesting The book as a whole is very amus arnus- ing The hero finds that his ignorance ignorance ignorance ance of the Civil war is not refreshing refreshing re freshing at all He has all kinds of trouble with the hot headed southerners trying to explain why he makes certain statements It amuses him to find how they cling to the tIle civil war and pass over o the tile World war with a mere word There is a love element in the book a a anice nice quiet little affair hardly noticeable at first and then there is a mys mys- tery l Footsteps heard at night and the barred windows in the attic Even the villian is so well disguised I that is 15 Is not until the last chapter of the book that he is revealed as such Rose Bruce th the girl is is not I the kind of or girl the long lost Ameri- Ameri I planned on spending his life with planned on spending spendin his Ife with witha a sophisticated woman of the world but Rose a quiet little southerner ha had 1 other plans and she used them quite unconsciously at first Humor is furnished by the negroes I who have served the Claiborne famil family fam tam il ily for years yeats Their experiences I with the I Flivver they bought from fromI I their inheritance is rich In humor I and their wonderful sympathy makes the interlopers interloper's stay a worth worthwhile i while while- thing tiling i Conversation is one of or the cleverest cleverest cleverest clever clever- est things about the book Norval or has made his characters diameters describe themselves s through their can conversation versa tion and it is in that way the we e get all the little characterIstics characteristics character character- I that would oth otherwise require chapters to describe be The book isso isso is isso so entertaining that it should be read b by everyone It will give several several sev sev- eral hours hours' of pleasure and th the enJoyment en en- derived from it will last a along along long ong time Small Small l Ia Maynard nard and Boston Doston Ai S oJ 0 t. t IJ T I r l 11 I it f W J. J c ii I