LITTLE BROTHER IS WATCHING

by Walter Dillon ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 12, 1962

Crumton, 30 miles out of Boston, is now a ""ghost town with people"" but through the efforts of its leading citizen, Caspar Muhlenberg, it is declared a depressed area and a Naval Defense contract (Top Secret Classified) is given out to local industry. Headed by Lt. Commander Earl T. Varde, the project for the missile, the Disemboweler, fumbles into being and the investigations on security clearance create one area of disturbance, while troubles with the unions, the local whorehouse, and even the public library mushroom. The Bronco Corp. and its officers, Molly Saddler and her applications of motivational research to her career as a madam, Muhlenberg and his many interests, combine to keep Varde pushing his hardest to maintain secrecy and plague the ""Commie ilk"" and it is Molly's wooing of Varde that finally lowers the boom. This is a with many high moments and, if it scatters its shots, its picture of local townspeople tangling with national has a direct effect. Try for a male audiences here.

Pub Date: April 12, 1962

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1962

Categories: FICTION