Books

May, 1963

The 1963 spring literary scene is brightened by the appearance of six Playboy luminaries whose latest tomes are reviewed here. Herbert Gold's new novel, Salt (Dial, $4.95), is a seasoned look at some young Americans, first introduced in these pages, who are by love unpossessed. Peter Hatten, young man of Manhattan, is plowing along looking for love, frightened at not finding it. When his wartime buddy, Dan Shaper, gets divorced Peter introduces him to an ex-girlfriend, Barbara, and she and Dan m...