A DOLLAR NOT WORTH THE PAPER IT’S PRINTED ON

One wonders if Richard Eder remembered accurately Marianne Wiggins’ novel “John Dollar,” if he can describe it as “the entrancing tale of children marooned” (“Turmoil in the Front Row,” Oct. 15). Even readers with strong stomachs must have had some problems with the clinically graphic descriptions of human cannibalism and festering, lethal wounds that make up a large part of the narrative. Vile? Yes. Appropriate? Who Knows? “Entrancing”? Never!

LEONORA HOLDER, LONG BEACH