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F. Scott Fitzgerald, 200 Proof but Minus the Glow
From: The Washington Post
Date: 19870520
Author:Jonathan Yardley
THE DISENCHANTED By Budd Schulberg Introduction by Anthony Burgess Primus/Donald I. Fine. 388 pp. $8.95, paper
Budd Schulberg's novel, originally published in 1950, has been given new life as an addition to the Primus Library of Contemporary Americana, as has "Waterfront," the novel Schulberg adapted from his screenplay for "On the Waterfront." Neither book is exactly an American classic-Anthony Burgess' extravagant claims for "The Disenchanted" to the contrary notwithstanding-but there is reason to welcome this new edition: In "The Disenchanted" Schulberg made an important, if by now ...
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