SOURCE: A review of Mister White Eyes, in West Coast Review of Books, Vol. 11, No. 3, May, 1985, p. 32.

In the following review, Rochmis offers a negative assessment of Mister White Eyes.

Among the least rewarding of this novelist, Gold's current novel [Mister White Eyes] centers on Ralph Merian, a veteran journalist who refers to himself as the V. J. What puts the reader off is the fact that Merian is not a likable character despite Gold's fascination with him. He is a man who has been at the center of a multitude of conflagrations: his early family life was no bed of roses, he has had two unhappy marriages and has sworn off love forever. He is, however, now quite taken with an attractive woman, Susan, from England, but shies away from considering what he feels for her is love.

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