Computerized Conventions?

The 480, by Eugene Burdick. McGraw-Hill, $5.00

If any work of fiction stands much chance of getting itself read in these days before the national political conventions, Professor Eugene Burdick’s new novel would seem to be an obvious choice. The book is about a struggle for the GOP Presidential nomination, about Liberals and conservatives, and about the secrets of political legerdemain. The names Goldwater, Rockefeller, Johnson, et al., appear repeatedly throughout its pages. And the central theme is to assert the claims of personality against the pressures and mechanisms of mass society.

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Presidential Election

The 480, by Eugene Burdick. McGraw-Hill, $5.00

If any work of fiction stands much chance of getting itself read in these days before the national political conventions, Professor Eugene Burdick’s new novel would seem to be an obvious choice. The book is about a struggle for the GOP Presidential nomination, about Liberals and conservatives, and about the secrets of political legerdemain. The names Goldwater, Rockefeller, Johnson, et al., appear repeatedly throughout its pages. And the central theme is to assert the claims of personality against the pressures and mechanisms of mass society.