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Lie Down in Darkness (1951)
by William Styron
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    The Faulkner Pattern (Review)
    Malcolm Cowley
    Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron
    1. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    The New Republic, October 8, 1951, p. 19
  2. [+]
    First Novel (Review)
    Harvey Swados
    Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron
    1. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    The Nation, November 24, 1951, p. 453
  3. [+]
    Domestic Tragedy in Virginia (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron
    1. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    The Saturday Review, September 15, 1951, p. 12
  4. [+]
    Mr. Kennan Reviews Our Foreign Policy (Review)
    Alfred O'Brien, Jr.
    Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron
    1. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    Commonweal, October 19, 1951, p. 43
  5. The Revolving Bookstand
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    A Grasp of Moral Realities (Review)
    Robert Gorham Davis
    Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron
    1. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    The American Scholar, Winter 1952, pp. 114-115
  6. [+]
    Five Novels (5 Reviews)
    Heinz Politzer
    The Seasons' Difference, by Frederick Buechner
    1. The Seasons' Difference by Frederick Buechner
    2. The Beetle Leg by John Hawkes
    3. The Spirit and the Bride by H.J. Kaplan
    4. The Catherine Wheel by Jean Stafford
    5. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    Commentary, May 1952, pp. 510-520
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    Briefly Noted (5 Reviews)
    Fiction
    1. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    2. Renny's Daughter by Mazo de la Roche
    3. Letty Landon by Helen Ashton
    4. Intermission by Calvin Tomkins
    5. The Twin Cousins by Oriana Atkinson
    The New Yorker, September 29, 1951, pp. 106-107
  8. [+]
    Current Books Worth Reading (5 Reviews)
    The Nation's Critics Vote
    1. Melville Goodwin, USA by John P. Marquand
    2. Requiem for a Nun by William Faulkner
    3. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    4. The Holy Sinner by Thomas Mann
    5. Moses by Sholem Asch
    The Saturday Review, October 6, 1951, pp. 22-23
  9. [+]
    In Short (6 Reviews)
    Melville Goodwin, USA, by John P. Marquand
    1. Melville Goodwin, USA by John P. Marquand
    2. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    3. The Grass Harp by Truman Capote
    4. Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist
    5. Union Bay: The Life of a City Marsh by Harry W. Higman and Earl J. Larrison
    6. Edinburgh: the Golden Age by Michael Joyce
    The American Mercury, December 1951, pp. 112-113
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    Atlantic Books (7 Reviews)
    Harvey Breit
    Reader's Choice
    1. The Holy Sinner by Thomas Mann
    2. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    3. Mr. Beluncle by V.S. Pritchett
    4. The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
    5. The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams by William Carlos Williams
    6. The Pavilion by Stark Young
    7. Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante by Gene Fowler
    The Atlantic Monthly, October 1951, pp. 76-84
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    Books in Brief (8 Reviews)
    Katherine Gauss Jackson
    Lise Lillywhite, by Margery Sharp
    1. Lise Lillywhite by Margery Sharp
    2. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    3. The Finer Things of Life by Frances Gray Patton
    4. Weekend at Dunkirk by Robert Merle
    5. The Conformist by Alberto Moravia
    6. The Forgotten Language by Erich Fromm
    7. A Walker in the City by Alfred Kazin
    8. The Reds Take a City by John W. Riley, Jr. and Wilbur Schramm
    The Harpers Monthly, January 1952, pp. 100-106
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    In Paper Covers (11 Reviews)
    Raymond Walters, Jr.
    American Diplomacy, 1900-1950, by George F. Kennan
    1. American Diplomacy, 1900-1950 by George F. Kennan
    2. Candide and Other Romances by Richard Aldington and Voltaire
    3. Famous Chinese Short Stories by Lin Yutang
    4. The Forty-Second Parallel by John Dos Passos
    5. The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
    6. Harper's Magazine Reader
    7. The Last Englishman by Hebe Weenolsen
    8. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    9. My Six Convicts by Donald Powell Wilson
    10. Shadows Move Among Them by Edgar Mittelholzer
    11. The Sky is Red by Giuseppe Berto
    The Saturday Review, January 24, 1953, pp. 65-66