Television: Jul. 23, 1965

(4 of 4)

BOY GRAVELY, by Iris Dornfeld. A novel written by a musician about a slum boy who composes an electronic symphony from the sounds he has heard all his life and finally gets to hear it performed in the Hollywood Bowl. In telling about Boy Gravely, the author delineates the terrible disease and destiny that is genius.

THE MEMOIRS OF PANCHO VILLA, by Martin Luis Guzman. By interweaving official documents, dictated letters and hours of recalled conversations, Guzman, long a confidant of Villa, has assembled the story of his life. There are gaps, but the book is as close to an autobiography of the fiery Mexican leader as is possible with an illiterate man who died 42 years ago.

STORMY PETREL: THE LIFE AND WORK OF MAXIM GORKY, by Dan Levin. A balanced biography of one of the wild men of writing. Gorky's life was a series of violent escapades, recaptured here in part through his own superb reminiscences. His creative forces were often wasted on polemics, first for Lenin and then for Stalin, who lured him back from voluntary exile; five years later, Gorky mysteriously died.

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