Stephen Blanchard鈥檚 Gagarin and I (Vintage, 拢5.99, ISBN 0 09 954871 2) is what is called nowadays a 鈥渞ite of passage鈥� novel. Leonard, an even-tempered, sharp observer of incident and people of the 1950s, progresses through adolescence obsessed with the pioneering stages of space travel. Blanchard鈥檚 ear for common speech and conversation is acute, the stoicism of his characters impressive.
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