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Show w ' He 2E Salt Lake Tribane, Sunday, August !, , w 19?f Joan (Tm Not Particularly Pretty') Garrity Is MastermindBehind Sensuous Woman By William A. Hairy New house News Writer A S THE SENSATIONALLY cand'd The Sensuous Woman," sex book," r soars o the top of the list, until recently only identi-'e- d its author busies herself writing as J" J", a former plays. actress, yearns to be a lady Neil Simon. J" took off her masg recently and had lunch with me to discuss her unfulfilled ambition as a playwright and the state of the theater as well. best-selle- On National lists The The Sensuous author of Woman" is Joan Garrity, an exsummer stock actress and former career girl from Kansas City, Mo. She is strikingly plain" and she describes herself (with exaggeration) fjiis way: Im not particularly pretty I have heavy thighs, lumpy hips, protruding nose and flat feet." teeth, a p ladies sharing a New York partmnt Another one was a sophisticated comedy about a divorcee, a kind of play Joan Fomaine might do. Then I did n Candleaire. horror comedy called which took place on a desert island. I think that one was the best. At 31, hLss Garrity, whose bestseller has seen more than 10 printings and is first on a number of the nctional lists, says she has been writing since I was born." Adds the sexpert: At first I resisted it. I've been a reporter for small newspapers, including a sports writing job in Missouri. Ten years ago I came to New Yonc to become a famous actress. I had had conClaudia" siderable success, playing type roles in stock theaters from Chagrin Falls to Palm Beach. Adice an erotic instrument" to how to do the w hipped cream wiggle." Miss Garrity, who had insisted she remain anonymous but wnose identity was revealed by a sleuthing national news magazine much to her chagrin, is back at her typewriter creating two plays. One of them is a musical comedy about the publishing business, wb'ch she is with her brother, composer John Gamty. The second is a sophi-cate- d comedy. She also is busy on a novel despite the fact she spends so much of her time on television shows. Friends to None of this worked. I went to work for the Lyle Stuart Publishing Company doing publicity. Lyle used to listen to me give love advice to my girl friends over the phone. He said he wasnt sure I could write but encouraged me to do a book on womens candid sexual Don't believe that old saw in the theater about talent will out. I know more unknown acgreat but tresses. They told me I might become ano'her Carole Burnett. I made the rounds. Everything youre supposed to do and wound up forever out of work. Because of this TV exposure, Miss in many ways has fulfilled her acting ambitions. Everybody on TV, she says, seems to ask her the same question: Did you really write that book?" problems. J" The Sensuous Woman," described book for the female as the first how-twho yearns to be all woman, was the amazing result. Miss Garrity adds: My book is like a cookbook. The recipes ar all there," The Sensuous Woman" teaches women everything from how to turn your whole body into o Then I decided playwritmg was my real forte. I wrote quite a few of them, some hut so bad, either. There was a comedy about career girla, four young Sex Authority - Joan Garrity from Kansas City, who only a few years ago was a sales girl in Best's Department Store in New York, Two Go Nicely Together New York Time -- The File on Stanley Patton Biichfa," by Irvin Faust, Random 274 pp. $5.93. movement that finds its inspiration in the history of the Zulus, other assorted city dwellers and the city itself. There is a grand finale, in which part of the city goes up in smoke, with the hero, Stanley Patton Buctha, who has just escaped from the burning, taking in the sight from a distance with a pair of field glasses. Is Faust trying tell us something? Modest, Contained Going All Hie Way," by Dan Wakefield; Seymour law renoe Delacorte, 507 pp., $0.95. These two novels go nicely together. Irvin Faust's Is emotional, highly charged, full of tomorrow'a headlines: Militant young people taking on the Establishment; policemen who take extralegal precautions to protect society from the kidi, er a modified Dan Wakefield's book is as different as chalk is from cheese; .modest, contained, very funny in a rueful, unfunny way. It makes its points as effedtvely as does a Spare Agnew Biography Leaves Man in Mystique Agnew: Profile tn Conflict, by Jim G. Lucan, Charles Scribner's Sons, 160 pp., f 5.P5. . . Recently, a leading member of Australias Labor Party mused in a lecture tour here that Vice President Spiro T. Agnew could, perhaps, outdraw the Queen of England amongst the curious Down Under. The vice president, for sure, is better noticed in Australia than Pres-flun- g curiosity should be enough reason for publishing a book about the man, who is, it seems, known in house- - f " , holds even beyond the shores of his governed nation. hpiro I. Agnew Soared Politically And this seems to be the point of the spare biograto capitalize upon this current fascination with phy the man who soared from the status of a Maryland county commissioner to the vie presidency in three years. Who is he? What goes into his thinking? Unfortunately, Mr. Agnew still remains a headline image and the curious unsatiated from this profile. The names, the dates, the reactions of his blunt and audacious speeches a capsulized history. But the biography falls are there short of fleshing out the bare bones of political history. Although spritely written by Jim G. Lucas, a Pulitg war corrresponnt for the Scrips-Howar- d zer newspaper chain, irritating typographical errors cause the reader to stumble occasionally in this friendly profile free from skepticism of motivation. It leaves the vice president appearing as a political white knight, talking only common sense. This will infuriate his detractors and cheer his ranks of supporters. But it shines no new light on the Agnew mystique. Douglas L, Parke Prize-winnin- Science Fiction Is Deserving Of Attention as Narrative Art r By Van Allen Bradley Chicago Daily News Writer Science Fiction has come a long way from the flashing ray guns and the hissing villains of 1930 pulp magazines, says Robert Silverherg in his genre, The Mirrors of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction" (Harper A Row, $6.95). Critical Commentary To put this book together he asked 13 science tion critics, among them Jack fic- top-flig- Williamson. Kingsley Amis, Damon Knight a nd James Blish, to choose their favorite short science fiction story and write a critical commentary for It. readThe result is first-ratinstructive an as well as ing look at a field, in ages past the province of such as Thomas More, Cyrano De Bergerac, Jonathan Swift, H. G. Wells and other literary lights, that has again found Its way back into literary respectability after a lengthy detour into tra shines. future, written under the pen name Don Stuart and published in 1934; Isaac Asimov's a s tronomically believeabl in Night Fall." published C a m p b e 1 ls Astounding Science Fiction Magazine in 1941; Arthur C. Clarke's The Sentinel" a superb space-travyarn that emphasizes man's loneliness In the universe; and Jorge Luis Borges The Library of Babel. It has slowly become apparent to students of literature. writes Mr. Silverberg in his Introduction, that science fiction deserves serious attention, not as a manifestation of pop culture but as an expressive and distinctive branch of the narrative art." e Notable Examples Among the notable modern examples of science frenon Included bre are John W. Csdpbe'l Jr famous Twj. tgfct," about a man from the , 'r r Momentary A be ration The trashiness that predominated in much of the pulp fiction of yesteryear w as only a momentary aberration in a literary tradition of high antiquity," he suggests, and add, Today's science fiction writers are makers of new myths creators of unique dreams, explorers of time to come; but they are not, except for a reactionary few', purveyor of supersonic hackwork." H's impressive anthology supports his thesis F 1 hesitancies and false starts. That is the more obvious pattern in the book. But woven in are darker strands; the suspicious, intolerant, life prejudiced, conforming that is part of midwestem n and America. A hostile society, it rejects what it doesnt understand. it sweeps its own evils under the rug while it points a stern finger at others. It feels continually threatened and moves fiercely to reject the intruder, especially one raised in its own hive. Cop's Dilemma Faust's Stan Buchta Is a cop whose own ideas have not He's for yet crystallized. keeping law and order but doesn't believe in cracking heads or gunning down dissenters to do so. On the other hand he listens to a group of policemen who have organized themselves into something called the Alamos, who adopt fear-ridde- pseudyonyrns, develop a mys- tique, and think phrases like the white mans burden" and the yellow peril words of wisdom. And there is a aforementioned Zulus. The focus or bone of contention is a college to be built on Randall's Island. The Left wants to pull down what has been put up. The Zulus want the school, but wont have anything to do with it as long as whites build and control it. The Alamos wait with tensa muscles. War Veterans The heroes in the second book are a couple of returned veterans from the Korean War, returned that Is to Indianapolis; Sonny and his friend Gunnei. Gunner is a natural and superlative athlete, a great womanizer, a sure success in everything everything Indianapolis has to offer. But Gunner has spent some time in Japan and tne experience has unsettled him. He begins to ask questions and is unhappy with the answers. Sonny, who walks in Gunner's shadow, doesnt even know enough to ask them. A bit of a sad sack, he is full of 1 stful thoughts, which usu- - Ned RorenT Diary An excellent portrait of the world of culture in our times is given in The Paris and New York Diary of Ned Rorem" (Discu $2.41) The composer's recollection's of his journeys through the art world, from Cocteau to Albee, is. as the New Yorker magazine described It. wordly, " intelligent and highly in this paperback India-erect- Cilia. ally takes the form of something in black ira and la-panties, consumes gobs of gooey cakes and soda and argues fanatically with his mother who is a religious fanatic, But in their careless way they are searching, testing, learning. has stacked the cards a little, putting all the virtues on one side and the villainies on the other. But then who am I to say? Maybe thats how the scene really is. His lusty, engaging and flavorsome frolic easily persuades me that it is so. John Leonard, New York Times. Wakefield Fausts but deftly, softly, without emphasis. On the surface it is about two young men coming of age, a theme that goes back at least to the time of telemachus, who starts out weeping futilely at those despoiling his fathers goods and ends with his slaughtering them in the great hall. Its a time of transition, with all its doubts and An more (Copyright) Service anaiysii feesee en reeern from then IS Bookstore n M US. FICTION Tin te Week Week 1. Love Story. Sea I I 2. Greet Lion of God. Caldwell I. The French Lieutenant's Woman. Fowlei I 4. The Crystal Cav. Stew- Week en List 2S 14 54 4 Deliverance. Dickey 4 Calico Palace Bristow Bectt: A Book. Updiko IB 4 T ho Lord Won't Mind. B Merrick . Sum Good Gould 14. Tlte Secret Woman. Hott V 5. 4. 7. "J" 11 a 4 2 1 M S IS 4 Fraser IB IB 7 Hard Tima. Tcrktl 10. Civilization Clark (Copyright) . And, in Cfc"!otte, he had Harry Golden, one of the last of those old giants who gave 4 t salt to southern letters at the 4 13 f So Long As Yoc f Healthy (Abee Gezundt), by Harry Golden, Putnam, 314 pp., south. IS levies o two-fiste- d The screen rights to The Sensuous have been bought by Artie Woman Shaw. J" figures he ought to star all seven of his wives. With Betty Grable and Ava Gardner heading the cast and Forever Amber" novelist Kathleen Winsor in a supporting role, how could !t miss? Harry Goldens Best Lines Published left Chicago to Sandburg settle at Flat Rock he told Harry Golden he thought 8t first he might die of loneliness. But, he said. Down here in North Carolina, I got Frank Graham to the east and Ralph McGill to the S 7 Zekta. Milford 4 Up t h o Ore filiation. Townsend 1 Ball Four, a Schscter I. Human Sexual Inade-euacMaster S Johnson 7. The Now Enel'sh Bible X M r y Queen at Scots. X A Wow. After the late Carl 17 Friends. GENERAL 1. Everythin You Always Wanted to Know About Sex. Reuben 1 T h Sensuous Women. bedroom $6.95. IS art way and Hollywood composer. Number One before he won the Academy Award Decause he always looks as if be just won the talent contest at Yale. Number Two is Prime Minister (Pierre Elliott) Trudeau (of Canada). I wish I had his legs. Sidney Poitier Is my Number Three choice. Hes the only Sydney I ever met who didnt turn out to be a Sydney. F. Lee Bailey is Four. Its fascinating to watch a skilled actor at work. Richard Burton is next. He's the first decadent screen hero to cor.ie along who isn't faking his decadence. Mayor John Lindsay is Six. He makes a girt feel as if she's the only on in the world who exists. I? he carries that into the George C. Scori is Seventh. If all men had eyes as ancient and wise as hi. I'd never have to write a how-tbook for women. Joe Namath is Eighth. He looks line the duty little boy who lived next door to me in Kansas City when I was an ugly duckling. Marcello Mastroianni is next He oozes sex from the pores. And last, but hardly the least, is televisions Dick Cavett He alone is going to uher in the era of the sexy leprechaun. Cavett is scared of women. That's his charm. He hides behind his wit, like a brave coward, with the face of a cowboy hero. A pixie. Literary Salt Beil StlL Novels Tell Modem Universal Tales t suddenly has become a world authority on sex. I asked her to list the world's 10 nod sensuo'is men. J" has this to say about her personal lust: I pick Burt Bacharach, the Broad- 20th midcentury. had Sandburg I a poets appreciation for the song and the spirit in men like these. They fascinated him as American originals: they were, and Golden is. This book of his is wonderful summer hammock and bedside reading. Dip into the book at any point and catch the darting wit. i Golden Grumps These (dissident) students said I was a reactionary, " Golden grumps after a visit to California To campuses. which I can only say, hah! Hah indeed. The students should live so long as Golden did in those bold years when he was working out his vertical integration plan in a segregated south that had to laugh. Convicted Murderer Death Roav Writer Joins PEN Club writer convicted of a common crime. By Henry Raymont New York Times News Edgar T. Smith, who has written a legal chronicle and a book of fiction of his 13 years on Death Row, has been elected a member of the American Chapter of the PEN Club. Rare Case The prestigious internation- al writers association has a long history of championing causes of writers imprisoned or persecuted for political reasons but it has rarely, If ever, pened its doors to a Prolong Kids Summertime Book Habits Children who learned to read rather recently need their new skill nourished through the summer with easy books that offer the familiar, make them laugh or capture their Interest by giving factual information In a different way. Cinderella At The Balli," by Margaret Hillert (Follet, $1.25), retells an old favorite words to in only 4 give even the slowest beginner a sense of accomplishment. pre-prim- there is a new batch of and I can read books (Harper A Row, $2.50 each). Binky Brothers and the Fearless Four, by James Lawrence, cant miss with two boy detectives named And Pinky and Dinky Binky. Especially appealing is The Sevof Edward eral Trick Dophln, by Nathaniel Bench-lein which captors are cleverly outwitted by a victim anxious to swim bad: to mother. y, Children will recognize themselves in the heros reaction to illness and strange tasting medicine in Johnny Lion's Bad Day," by Edith Thatcher Hyrd. Wolfie, by Janet Cherney, WTaps up a lot of Information about spiders in a story with overtones of sibling rivalry. 'The Big War, by Betty Baker, relates a little known, rather ridiculous military escapade from our early history. The Drinking Gourd," by F. N. Min;o, makes a hero of a mischievous little buy in an exciting story of the underground railroad. Shirley Lowry, Chic, go Dally News the publication of works of literary quality. At the time the group agreed to withhold any announcement until it Smiths response to the I have no doubt that It'a the first time we've invited a convicted murderer to Join, rca-ceiv- invitation. Karin Michalski, the executive secretary of the association, said. So Nice, Thanks Smiths acceptance was disclosed by Mrs. Wilkins who had Just received a letter dated July 15 written on prison stationery. He said: Smith, who has spent more time in the death house than any other condemned man in the United States, Is appealing for the 18th time his conviction for the flaying of Victoria Zielinski, a New Jersey High School student. Ive got the PEN invitation, did I tell you? Sent check $16 annual due. So nice. Thanks." Wrote Own Appeals An avid reader who learned law in his cell at the Trenton State Prison in New Jersey to write many of his own appeals. Smith caused something oi a literary sensation in Do not tell me a kid who runs into the deans office, pokes the man in the nose, burns his papers, and refuses to evacuate the building unless ii is granted amnesty is a revolutionist, Golden says. Truculent? Sure! A revolutionist is a 'man who is prepared to have others take him at bis word. Truculent and faintly Sure. Unashamedly. But the moment the reader suspects Golden is behind the batter, he comes through with the change-ustrike. The difficulty in maintaining a dialogue with the new militants is, first, that we insist they speak our language, which they choose not or cannot do, and, second, that they keep telling us we are not As many people have been strangled by virtue as have he been drowned by sin, decides. To a fellow who likesjhis the advertising industry was a frustration in its early refusal to buy booze ads in his Carolina Israelite. The agencies insisted the Israelite wasnt worth their while because Jews dont drink. I could have told them something about Jews, but I didnt want to speak ill of my subscribers. bourbon, Cheerful Greeting , nice people, which Indeed we are not, though we don't want to hear It. Mrs. Wilkins. There, for the kids, Is a pretty honest call. healthy). And so long as Harry Golden is healthy, the south and the nation are under healing observation. Eugeaa C. Patterson, Washington Post. 1968 with the publication by Alfred A. Knopf of his book an Brief Against Death, account of his lengthy legal battle. The book waa a Literary Guild alternate and has old almost 200,000 copies In hardcover and paperback edi- tions. Now 36 years old, he has completed a new book, A Reasonable Doubt, which ia a fictionalized story of a murder in a small New Jersey community with detailed descriptions of police methods, courtroom and procedures public attitudes raising doubts of about the possibilities fair trial. The achieving book will be published Mon- i day by Introductioe by Buckley Henry Robbins, chairman of PENa membership committee, said it was on the basis of these two works that Smith was invited to Join the profesCoward-McCan- 1 A 4 sional association. Smith was nominated by Mrs. Sophie Wilkins, an editor at Alfred A. Knopf who worked with him on his first book. His cosponsors were William F. Buckley, the conservative author and OUTDOOR SURVIVAL SKILLS politi- cian who wrote an introduction to the book, and Robert by Larry Dean Olsen $3.50 Smith's Lescher, literary agent. The three have been active in a campaign to reverse Smith convicrion. Remained Silent Robbins, a senior editor at Straus A Giroux, said the com mi fee had agreed unanimously at a meeting in e that Smith fully qualified" for PEN only Farrar, Downtown, Cottonwood mid-Jun- membership requirement I Pill, Valley Fair Mall t When a neighbor went bankrupt or lost everything ,in Golden youth, and could no longer be wished well in. his livelihood, his relatives and fpiends still could give the cheerful greeting, Abee Gezundt (so long as you'rt p Hes probably the first member who is so prompt in paying his dues, commented (Copyright) This collection of Harry Golden's short takes reveals a mellowing irreverence that is good for the people and the times any people, any time Much hat been written about survival in tha wilderness. Thia book, for tha firat time, teaches how to live off the land without a single previously manufactured item without even a pocketknifa in hand. Knowledge of plant and animal life, skills and techniques of working stone end bon ere only a few of the rich rewards awaiting the "survivor." This is your chance to live close to nature close enough to eat it! - |
