01018nam a2200169Ia 4500003000400000005001700004008004000021040000700061041000800068082001500076100002200091245002500113260004000138300001300178520064500191650001200836OSt20260105093445.0210210b1965   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  cAL  aeng  a813.5 AUCI  aLouis Auchincloss  aIndifferent children  aN JbThe New American Libraryc1965  axii,382p  aWitty and ironic picture of New York society and society people in rear-eschelon desk jobs in the Canal Zone and at sea. Beverly Stregelinus, a young, upper-class New Yorker, is a charming young man, but aware of his ingratiating deficiencies. At the eve of World War II, his days are filled with charity and committee work after losing hisart gallery job. Pearl Harbor shatters all this and catapults him into a desk job in the Canal Zone as a lieutenant. Under these strange and bewildering circumstances, a court-martial scandal entangles Beverly and his Navy friends and marks the beginning of the real education of Beverly Stregelinus.  aFiction