The Daily Times from Salisbury, Maryland • 58

D14 JHE DAIIY TIM.ES Salisbury. Md. Sun" Sept. MOKS- Deighton Spy Novel Compelling Reading dealings. And most disturbing of all is the apparent treason of Intelligence desk man Giles Trent, who certainly has been passing data to a KGB agent, his spinster sister's lover.

But isn't it strange how easily minute cooldown period. Bogdonoff recommends at least three days a week of this vigorous exercise. Special attention is given to medical problems (heart, arthritis, and others); nutrition (the usual); and the years after 60. Throughout, the author bears down on physiological explanations and research findings. It's a very good book, in general.

versity's Center for the Study of Aging. It is a well-designed, gradually intensifying series of stretching and walking, jogging, swimming or biking workouts. The aim is to reach Bogdonoff's definition of health "the ability to meet each day's new challenges with vigor and enthusiasm." The program's first two weeks are devoted to "breaking-. exercises, stretching-based warmups, walking and light jogging, to increase flexibility and work the cardiovascular system. The program that follows is a balanced plan of a 5-to-10- SALISBURY SEAFORD Bernard Sampson, the narrator of Len Deighton's spy novel, Berlin Game, is 40-ish, a soldier's son, Berlin-raised, a 'sardonic veteran who has recently moved from the field to a desk.

His independently wealthy wife Fiona, mother of two, also works at Intelligence, fairly high up in Operations. Now, however, a series of odd, perhaps connected, developments is sending Bernie back into action. For one thing, Britain longtime spy within East Germany banking community f- code-named "Brahms Four" is ready to defect, even though London wants him to stay put. And Bernie, whose life was once saved by "Brahms Four," is the only agent who can handle face-to-face negotiations with this aging, restless spy. Furthermore, there Js un-.

easiness within "the -enrfc" or East Berlin spies, who are afraid of being exposed by some unnamed traitor. And afraid of giving up their shady financial (non-espionage) Trent in a scheme to smoke out this high-level traitor. The plan backfires, leading to Trent's murder by one of those fearful "Brahms Network" agents. Finally, Bernie winds up sneaking into East Berlin for a meeting with "Brahms Four" as the plot strands converge. "Brahms Four" knows the identity of the upper echelon mole and will trade that information for help in defecting.

Neat character sketches and London-Berlin atmosphere make it easy to keep reading right past the murky tangles. And soon this tale becomes compelling reading indeed. Forever Fit: The Exercise Program for Staying Young, by Dr. Morton Bogdonoif, with Ardy Friedberg, is a sound exercise regimen for over-40s who have been letting themselves go to seed. Bogdonoff put the program together after working in exercise studies at Duke Uni- OCEAN CITY ftftt 4 tMCfe Mi ft I tnt1f rS05C SMI iam i i I a vi-zm iZ afraWaaBBBaBBBBBBBBBBBaBaiH Books Of The Timet JoAmm Rmmmmy Wicomico Commty fwl library Trent's betrayal is unearthed, how obvious his Russian contacts have been? Could it be that the KGB is using the superficial Trent traitordom to cover up some more important, better concealed traitor corrfeunc closer to the top? SO wonders Bernie, especially after Trent attempts suicide.

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When he first read the script for "Fletch," now being filmed by Universal Pictures, he fired off his objections. He describes his i actions at that time as "just being ornery, since the studio had no contractual commitment to listen to me." The author came here from Boston to meet director Michael Kitchie, as well as Chevy Chase, who is playing reporter-sleuth I.M. Fletcher. "Despite filming all day, Kitchie found the time to take me out to dinner," Mcdonald recounted. "He is a great man.

Point by point, he showed me where I was wrong. I was beautifully chewed out." Mcdonald waxes hyperbolic about Chase: "If a national election were held today, he should be elected president." He also paid tribute to Peter Douglas, son of Kirk, co-producer (with Alan Greisman) of "Fletch." "From 1975-6 he has been bird-dogging this project," Mcdonald said of Douglas. "He's a Hollywood kid, but he hasn't fallen into the usual traps. He had the guts and persistence to put the deal toeher." Mcdonald describes himself as an uptight northeastern Scottish guy, a journalist and son of a journalist. He looks type-cast long, lean face, straight nose, skeptical blue eves.

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Running Scared, a chilling tale of a college student who declined to interfere with his roommate's suicide. David Hemmings made a film version in England, but for legal reasons it never was released in the United States. "On April 20, 1973, I sat down and wrote my letter of resignation," Mcdonald said. "I had been working for three newspapers the morning, evening and Sunday editions and it vas impossible for me to write fiction. I was 36 years old, with a family to support.

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