Sayonara

First Line:

On April 4, 1952, I shot down my sixth and seventh MiGs.

Description:

Ace Bruber, sent for R&R in Tokyo after shooting his seventh MIG in Korea, is educated by Hana-Ogi, an actress who shows him the difference that could exist between his American fiancee and a devoted Asian mistress.

Selected Reviews:

"'Sayonara' will be much talked about and, before long, much sung about, for like 'Tales of the South Pacific,' which became one of the great musical dramas of our day, 'Sayonara' is already being turned into song and story for the stage. By the very nature of its plot and exotic background it will inevitably rival 'South Pacific'. 'Sayonara' is written with a sensitive feeling for beauty of materials and expressions and it has a quality rarely found in modern fiction--moral conviction."

--Fanny Butcher, Chicago Tribune