WOUK, HERMAN — THE CITY BOY

London: JONATHAN CAPE 1956 First Edition 2nd Impression 347 p. HARDCOVER: (Original blue cloth with gilt title impressions on both the front board and spine. Spine faded. ) RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER The author, Herman Wouk's, city boy suffers from two handicaps: he's too fat and too clever. Both at school and at holiday camp he is ostracised. But he bears his burdens cheerfully, and his final triumph, after many tribulations, is well deserved. This is a funny book, because, after all, boys do have fun. It is also a fine novel, in which the parents and teachers and officials at the holiday camp are notably involved, some of them in dramatic incidents from which all touch of comedy is absent. Just a really good novel.