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Book Review of The City Boy

The City Boy
The City Boy
Author: Herman Wouk
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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"Jacob Bookbinder was not, in the popular phrase, a man to be trifled with. A quick estimate showed Herbie that sneaking into the Place through a window came under the head of trifling. His first impulse was to climb out again with no delay, but curiosity was stronger. He crouched, motioned to Cliff to follow him, and stole along the concrete wall, behind the ammonia tanks, to the wooden partition which separated the office from the machinery space."
[My copy is the first edition NY: Simon and Schuster, 1948]