Show I Cocktails Complexes F Feature atur i in Brackett's American Colony Normalcy Studiously Avoided by Pleasure Pleasure- I Mad Characters in Daring Novel I By Helen Orr With un an American colony at tie the I I French Riviera as aM his his' background ChalI Charles Brackett has developed anex an m ex extremely t sophisticated novel on un una a modern life American Colony h he calls It IL Nothing Is lacking in thus this story Lur to make muke it a a true picture of all al that hat Is attributed to the thc younger generation gen of ot this day and u ago uge c. c Cocktails Cock Cock- tails tais violent language illicit love affairs complexes all complexes complexes complexes-al ill of ot these figure prominently It was cas wat difficult for or tho the members of or this 1111 colony to hn have Vl an any Illusions physiological lh sl ol ll al or Ol p psychological about those whom they met dai dally daily on th tho beach An Anatomical kat leach secrets CC brought to tu light with WILh it as as' as much cruelty as though a microscope were sere were bel being used For Jor for Hie thic most moat JH part t time line was spent h here re U If not In swimming In tn am various I Ib b beverages s nail and in ex exchanging gossip gogh gos ot sip Ip and nd comment about a acquaint ances And Ad everyone tried tu to outdo the thc other I extreme modernism People with morals were Sere taboo To have no scandal attached to toon to toone's toone's on ones one's t name annie ilen meant t complete cism ChilI 4 A l dirty Joke jokl or oroa won oa vord was waa found to be effective when f conversation lagged or ur when which one was was' vat likely to lo be suspected of ot prud prud- If 1 a man wished to lo pear q cl quietly l tl in Ii this place thu the best Ct method hi h could employ vo would ld be ta that t of or n marrying one nc n of or the tho famous amo which swarmed about aboul the l le IU Riviera This would automatically place him hll far far farI I Ill li lithe the i background for fOI It I Wl was tl simply lr not i the Iho thing lo to bo br with bf lh ole chic's lU husband Women Wo Wo- men wJ Who ho were ere not nOl beautiful did fabulous things for their lovers dil People were vere Important Im here re only nl lt lh they had Wealth or or were celebrities Ie With wih- wih such a n. setting selling it is small wonder that tha no ho completely normal pel person on Is ie tc to bo he discovered In Jn Inthe thes the s ry There was Jack Jac rather I grudging l. l ii nicknamed Ick nuni Cd b by his his' friends old mens sana In snub sano who disliked t to b bj b essential to anyone's comfort There Thero was ivas Eve his wife wie who wa vas waa ma madly l In I IloVe Inlo inlove lo loVe with wih her husbands husband but trel tried conscientiously to lo conceal concel l tile e fact She used smutty lang language age to Im Impress iii- iii press people with wih her tier modernism but at nl times couldn't hel help hell but be shocked at at the antics of ot her asso asso asso- Th There rc was Sydney Sydne who lived hived with the free tree spirits in Paris aris but bul at al times rou found d them too free to re respect respect re- re re sped the reserve which wa was hii his birthright These people l despised hs us There e wn was s bourgeois eol Cliff Smith with his handsome profligate face beautiful bod body poolroom voice and nd manners who found th wealthy y but dumb women women wo wo- wo- wo men inen were were- his meat t. t Th There ae was Nanc Nancy a dear cear little child whom hom no prie ono had bad the heart heat to dl discipline Ule but who vho sprang tle in an illegitimate child on vii her her Unsuspecting g friends Tl There er wu was Lily lr a chime fa fatal fatal tal who was l said t to be he an invention tion ton of o Michael Arlen n. whom hom every ever morning she telephoned for Cor orders And there here was was' T Ted d th the male niala con completely fi free taking his choice of r the e t carthand rth and not tied up UI With wih what Jack called cled a lot lol of or lousy New England nd c p people a are aio c br brought u ht before before us for H period of three days das During pur Dur Dur- ing hg this time a a c complete serI series series' of oC events which the tue author w vUi lh brutal frankness sH and a a total lack hach o of or sympathy th take fake place place For Forthe the in most j part tho tle story Is told lold in but bUL somewhat vulgar r con con- Tho Those c wh whose tf sensibilities ties n. n ecu aro shocked had best look els for their reading t matter atter but butto to who love e modernism In iii n all aU Us Its Is phases this book Is lI heartily heart ily 1 recommended Horace Horace Live L-ive- li ht New York Tork i J 1 1 |