`Seidman and the. Geisha,' Another Entertaining Novel by Erick Moll
Those who have read and re-
member "Seidman and Sons"
will at once become intrigued
by the follow-up novel by Erick
Moll, "Mr. Seidman and the
Geisha," published by Simon
and Schuster.
The first Seidman was an
hilarious novel. The second is
equally, if not more, intriguing.
Morris Seidman, the success-
ful manufacturer of ladies' gar-
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ments, had been away, with his
wife, on a three-month trip that
included Israel and other coun-
tries. His real excitement was
created.by Japan, where he was
introduced to a new way of life,
where he had the joy of being
in the company of a geisha girl
who turned out to be a very
human being.
He, in turn, won her admira-
tion and affections as a very
sweet man who was kind and
also funny. And while sex may
be awaited it turns out to be a
very wholesome story.
There are many funny inci-
dents. His association with the
Japanese cloth dealer, the calm-
ness of the Japanese as con-
trasted with Seidman's infre-
quent loss of -patience, the man-
ner in which he shows his filial
affections for his wife — these
provide humor, dispel intrigue,
offer elements of adventure in a
placid story.
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case, a zipper case, an attache
case, two packages of books, a
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bag! And now they're off!
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It .is not experiences with the
geisha girl alone that provide
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man, as he relates his experi-
ences in Japan, in the first per
son dialect, assures his listener
at once that "this is one idea I
didn't have, that geishas are
high-class pr os ti tut e s." And
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what he learned after being in
Japan caused him to wonder
how such an idea got around
altogether. And he likens the
rumor to the charge that Eisen-
hower was a Communist, that
every Jew is a Shylock, that all
Negroes are rapists.
Then follows the detailed ac-
count of an experience with a
geisha who was such a charming
girl. Both got along well—he
after telling her he was not only
an American but also a Jew;
she relating how she was placed
into a school for geishas as a
youngster by her mother and
how she had secured employ-
ment with the merchant who
now assigned her to Seidman to
entertain him during his Japa-
nese stay. Seidman told her
about his 18-year-old daughter
and he expressed the hope that
the two would meet, and then
he realized that the girl who
was entertaining him was her-
self that age—and he began to
feel pangs over the humiliation
he was causing.
The concluding wholesome-
ness of the story, the love Seid-
man showers upon his wife
Sophie and the charm of the
narrative once again enhance
Erick Moll's status as an enter-
taining writer.
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beaver hats are all of a sudden
out of style, a drag on the mar-
ket, the whole industry is col-
lapsing. It actually happened
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up a couple of shiploads of
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This is draydle."
That's how the story goes on
—in this humorous, often satiri-
cal vein. It is not a vile ap-
proach, as some might interpret
a draydle as it applies to Jews.
It has a Sholem Aleichem tinge,
it dissects the minds of a cast of
characters that happens to be
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