Time Listings: Apr. 25, 1969

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THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, by Thomas Wiseman. Wiseman's novel about the friendship between a half-Jew and a Nazi, before and during World War II in Vienna, is a brilliant psychological study of how two very different men can become so fatally entwined that each determines the course of the other's life.

GRANT TAKES COMMAND, by Bruce Catton. Completing the trilogy begun by the late historian Lloyd Lewis, Catton employs lucidity and laconic humor as he follows the taciturn general to his final victory at Appomattox.

THE GODFATHER, by Mario Puzo. For the Mafia, as for other upwardly mobile Americans, the name of the game is respectability and status—after the money and power have been secured. An excellent novel.

PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT, by Philip Roth. This frenzied monologue by a sex-obsessed Jewish bachelor on a psychiatrist's couch becomes a comic novel about the absurdly painful wounds created by guilt and puritanism.

Best Sellers

FICTION 1. Portnoy's Complaint, Roth (1 last week)

2. The Godfather, Puzo (2)

3. The Salzburg Connection, Maclnnes (3)

4. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home, Kemelman (4)

5. Airport, Hailey (6)

6. A Small Town in Germany, le Carre (5)

7. The Vines of Yarrabee, Eden (9)

8. The Lost Queen, Lofts (8)

9. Except for Me and Thee, West 10. Preserve and Protect, Drury

NONFICTION 1. The 900 Days, Salisbury (1)

2. Miss Craig's 21-Day Shape-Up Program for Men and Women, Craig (3)

3. The Money Game, 'Adam Smith' (4)

4. The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson, Goldman (6)

5. The Trouble with Lawyers, Bloom (10)

6. The Arms of Krupp, Manchester (2)

7. Jennie, Martin (5)

8. The Valachi Papers, Maas (9)

9. Instant Replay, Kramer

10. Grant Takes Command, Catton (7)