Noteworthy Character Study in James Yaffe's New Novel James Yaffe, who taught crea- tive writing at Colorado College during the just concluded sum- mer session, whose short stories have appeared in a number of na- tional magazines and whose play "The Deadly Game" is an off- Broadway production that was among the 10 best plays in 1960, has earned new laurels with his newest novel, "Nobody Does You Any Favors," published by G. P. Putnam's Sons (200 Madison, N.Y. 16). Yaffe's newest work is a fam- ily portrait, a character study, the portrayal of a conflict within a single person that causes him to emerge as a tragic element in a society that has its competitive glories marked by financial suc- cesses, contracted by the artistic urge that rejects mammonism. Arnold Hermann early in life set out to become a rich man. Un- like his brother who was motivated by ideals and pursued his college studies, Leonard commenced early to seek financial success. He at- tained it, but in the course of it he faced conflicts—with his two wives, especially the first, his son, his brother, his mother-in-law. There were some good quali- ties in Arnold, but they were always relative. He sought the best for his son, but Roger pre- ferred to be an artist rather then enter the rich leather busi- ness, and he finally pursued his own rather than his father's de- sires. In the course of it, there were tragic conflicts. There also were the comic elements and all the developments are described so dignifiedly, in such good 'taste, that the Yaffe novel is among the very wholesome works of the decade. While the Yaffe novel is about a Jewish family, it is only in one in- stance that Arnold's Jewish atti- tude is recorded. Arnold recalled the wooing his first wife, Arnold was good to his brother-in-law Maurice whom he aided financially when he needed means to send his son to college and on other occasions. But Arnold imagined that Maurice Lustig sneered at him. Much later, after he had again come to Maurice's assist- ance, Arnold, in a reverie, recall- ed: "Over 30 years later, but still I can see that anotty smile—Riding in his Cadillac, for instance, through some filthy slummy streets. The dirty buildings, prac- tically ready to fall down—fire escapes in front of every one of them. To Arnold nothing was so amom ■•■•■• FOR TEN PEOPLE AND OVER SPECIAL GROUP RATES Fall is spectacular anyplace. But at Lewiston Lodge it is nature at it's best. Enjoy the north woods—hiking, riding, etc. . . . or just relaxing. If you enjoy golf we have one of the finest and most beau- tiful courses in Michigan a short distance from the Lodge. Delicious food and each unit has complete bath facilities—and it's all on the American Plan. LEWISTON LODGE East Twin Lake Lewiston, Mich. 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In addition, the Shalom will carry a PGA instruc- tor and will provide a practice driving range while at sea. The Shalom will make a total of nine Caribbean cruises this sea- son, running from Nov. 2 through Feb. 28' slummy as fire escapes. On Stan ton Street all the buildings had been covered with them. The first thing he did, when he finally started making money, was move Selma and himself into a build- ing without fire escapes. And sud- denly, when the Cadillac was in the middle of this slummy street, he would hear somebody yelling from a window in Yiddish. And right away he would feel himself shaking a little. The sound of those Yiddish words—there wasn't an uglier language in the world! He had hated it when Mama and Papa used to talk it. But he knew it wasn't only the sound of the words that made him shake—it was find- ing out he could still understand them. He didn't want to under- stand that rotten language. It put into his head a hundred things he never wanted to remember again— Hebrew letters on store windows, the old men waling and chanting in the synagogue, the mezuzah nailed up outside the front door. So everybody can see it. So Mau- rice Lustig could smile at it— "But I don't have anything against being Jewish, he thought, taking another gulp from his glass. This is something nobody can accuse me of. Don't I belong to Classified Ads Get Quick Results the temple — the biggest reform temple on Fifth Avenue? Don't I fast on Yom Kippur? And the See NORM RUBY t UJA should only get as much at money from anybody as they get from me! What's more, I got a * NORTHLAND FORD definite opinion of Jews who make 10 Mile at Greenfield out they aren't Jews, who call Oak Park LI 8-0800 themselves Unitarian or Ethical 4**********************. Culture or God know what else. Phonies and cowards is what I HARRY THOMAS call them I'm proud I should be Jewish — but American Jewish — Fine Clothes for not that ignorant foreign kind—" Over 30 Years It is in this fashion of por- Open Sunday 11 to 4 traying a Jewish character, of exposing the prejudice that is so 15200 W. 7 Mile evident among some Jews whose ' 3 Blocks E. of Greenfield Corner Sussex background is just the money- making, that makes "Nobody Does You Any Favors" stand out as a splendid novel. Roger is as .a stranger to his Jewish background in the Yaffe novel. But he also is like a stranger to his father. Arnold tried his best to suppress Roger's - artistic sense. But Roger, recalling his mother, remembered Selma's admonition that he should be himself. Yaffe has produced a fine work. He has artistically lined up an in- teresting array of members of Arnold Hermann's family, his friends, his associates. 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