European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sir 4tv to a it gaps t a 1latest plenty of sex dazzle by Judith Krawitz Crown 502 pp., $21.95 Linda Teutsch associated press a x to Hon slip hit bust Sclier lists a dozen. In / years ago with hers Tearry novel a scruples Quot Judith Krantz thought y y it was a Fluke a magical gift that would never come again. �?o1 was in Shock for two years a she said of the Book sales Bonanza that set the publishing world on its ear. Quot i put one food in front of another and did what a person does on a 16-City Book tour when you have a no. 1 Best seller. Brit i did no to know what i was now site has produced her sixth Book ,"another of the Best Selling sex and Glamour sagas that have made her famous. And the acclaimed Queen of escapist pop literature says she has a better idea of what she should be doing. One of them is to keep writing. That a what she did to escape the dizzying Fame of a scruples Quot and what she does to give her a sense of order. A i started another Book so i had a feeling of being grounded Quot she said �?o1 started a Princess. Daisy As soon us possible. 11 re turned me to a routine of v t Ier second boo made publishing history. Paperback rights were auctioned for $3.2 million then the highest Price Ever for reprint rights. Her subsequent works a a mistral a daughter Quot �?o111 take Manhattan Quot and a still to meet again Quot Judith Krantz has another hot novel. Were scooped up by faithful Rya Deis and by television. A v another thing she has Learned to do is handle criticism. Despite her Success the critics have snubbed her. A it. A Hook criticism ill the press As someone snatching Money out of the Mouths of More do scr Iii writers Quot she recalled. A they did no to understand that if publishers make Money on Best sell cars they can afford to work with other authors. They had profits from my books that they could put into risk v this onetime English major from Wellesley a College in Massachusetts knows she is not writing serious literature v v a i think i w rite about things that Are serious in the lives of my characters but not in a serious was. My style is not a serious style. It s a playful style a she said. A a dazzle Quot fils the Krantz Mold. Jazz Kilhullen is a typical trashy novel heroine a i uniquely Beautiful fabulously successful and very Rich her boyfriends include a devastatingly handsome australian actor a pulitzer prize wire Wirig journalist and a shipping magnate turned cow Boss. She is modest about her looks was an overnight sensation As a photographer and does Nof car about Money. Just a Down to Earth kind of Gal. She is the daughter of rancher Mike Kilhullen who owns 100 Square Miles of Virgin real estate near san Diego that developers arc itching to get their hands on to turn into shopping centers and planned communities for the Rich. But Mike too does t care about Money. Keeping and working Hie land that has been in his family for Genera turns is More important than a Mere $3 billion not that everything is perfect for jazz. Her a movie Star Mother died whim jazz was 8, she has two wicked half Sisters and Aback stabbing agent. A Long lost Beau who broke her heart suddenly reappears. Someone spills red wine on her Vintage 1930s dress. ,. A a. A a and of course there is plenty of sex. Sex is a key ingredient in Krantz books and a dazzle Quot scenes than Ever Ink. A eluding a lesbian episode. A Why does she focus so heavily on sex. A i like to write about it Quot Krantz said matter of. Family. A i love to write erotic sensuous scenes. I found i had a Talent for writing about sex and i like to exercise that Talent. A besides i done to Feci i know my characters in a completely rounded Way unless i know about their sex lives. I to a like the color of their this review contains material from the Baltimore Sun the boo will be available at stars and stripes bookstores. A How Reagan sees America and himself an american lift by Ronald Reagan Simon and schuster 748 pp., $24.95 Richard Reeves los Angeles times \ rave Ling through the United states in i 1831, taking notes Tor what would to. .1 come a democracy in America Quot Alexis by diet Tocqueville was struck by a trick of american politicians in discussing gov Crement. A a it was by promising to weaken in pm he wrote Quot that one won the right to control . A one Hundred later Ronald Reagan made it to the White House by promoting that old idea. He look the concept of american populism a the suspicion of Little Guys that big shots some a Here were giving them a raw Deal a and con Vinced enough americans that their enemy was not a big business but a big he proved to be an extraordinarily effective Leader for better or worse. Presidents Are Noh paid by the hour they re paid for their judgment re me my e red Only for three or four i g decisions. Often reactive. But Reagan was not reactive he came to office with an Agenda and he pushed it with All his considerable might changing America at least for a time a a Jmc that continues for a better or worse. an american life Quot the autobiography of Reagan is his Story As he secs it now the life and Arii Eriean Story he created beginning he says with a torn Sawyer boyhood a a a town coded kid in overalls from a poor family in Rural Illinois. And leading to the highest office in the land. _ it has More than a touch of fantasy to it but it is. Also surprisingly defensive with the author blaming Congress the press or his own staff for anything big or Small that seemed to go wrong on his watch a As if a voids now can. Change what he did then. A a a. A a a �?o1 Hope history will look Back on the �?~80s,�?� he writes a not Only As a period of economic recovery and a time when we put the brakes on the growth of government but As a time of fundamental change lot our Economy and a resurgence of the american spirit of generosity that touched off an unprecedented outpouring of Good the Reagan deeds that w ill be remembered at least in the Short term Are these he restructured the american Economy using tax cuts and de Quot regulation to favor w hat his vice president and successor George Bush called the a investing la pcs Quot and he doubled the size and. Power of the . Military claiming that the buildup was the to soviet leaders that the could never defeat the United states militarily or economically and that they end the cold War a -. Whether the actions were Good or bad is in the. Eyes of beholder,.the cold War is Over but the american Economy is in trouble. A a a a there is not much new in this Book with the Long excerpts from the extensive. Sometimes weekly correspondence Between Rea gun arid soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev Over arms co Turull agreements and efforts to change the history of he world. Some of these Are. Revealing and surprising a especially to those who Felt Reagan was Way out of his league a but other than his the soviet Reagan does not open up. Much. He offers bewildered or bewildering accounts of such things As the plots and crimes of the Iran Contra controversy. Be also has a series of charming stories like the one about Prince Charles of England asking. For Tea at the White House but hot drinking an because he know what to do with a Tea bag a apparently he had never seen one before. Anyone looking for new insights into the Reagan years will have to look elsewhere. A the Book is available Al stars and slopes bookstores. A hoc or to pm los Lunday. January 6,11391
