Death of the Black Haired Girl   Robert Stone
She dies about half-way into this dark novel. The prose is so beautifully manufactured that we are reminded of the author’s skill in every sentence. Not such a good thing. I disliked every character, probably, again, because Stone dislikes them. Even with all its accomplishment, didn’t like this book at all.

Marxism and Literary Criticism   Terry Eagleton
Very well written, highly informative, though brief, introduction to Marxist literary criticism. Marx, Engels, Trotsky, Lukacs, Macherey, Benjamin, Brecht, Althusser, and a couple of others are covered, as well as the important ideas. Excellent.