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David Godine: publisher with a spine His books uphold traditions of excellence By Brad Lynch arts@barnstablepatriot.com BRAD LYNCH PHOTO BOOK TALK - Jean Ellis of the Friends of the Osterville Library shares book lore with publisher David Godine on his visit to the library last week. If your neighbor in Osterville can build and maintain (just for fun) a 12-meter America's Cup contender, the least you can do is buy a copy of his elegant new book of ma- rine art at $1,500 a pop. Your hypothetical neigh- bor, of course, would be oil mogul and yachtsman William I. Koch, and his book is Maritime Maver- ick: the Collection of Wil- liam I. Koch. The book is lavishly produced,and the publisher says Koch has ordered 1,500 copies. Let's see: 1,500 copies at $1,500. That's $2,225,000 for just the first edition. The art all belongs to Mr. Koch, too. That is, he didn't paint it, but he bought the paintings, sculptures, every artifact and more, and the public will be seeing the collec- tion soon. One Osterville boulevardier ventured last week that the works include about a half-dozen paintings marine paintings by Winslow Homer. The master craftsman in book making whose firm produced these 1,500 books for Koch is David R. Godine, 61, founder and president of the indepen- dent and occasionally saiicy publisher who is re- sponsible for what goes on between the covers of the book and on the papers in between that adorn them. Godine was at the Osterville Village Library for a talk on creative book design and bookbinding. He planned to speak, as he often does, to book and library groups. The Godine company has been much honored for successfully going its own way in an industry that can be listed between conservative and stick-in-the-mud. Last Friday, he stuck to his course, sharing obser- vations about books and the book trade with his audience of about 45 well- informed book lovers. For example: How's the book business? Answer: Terrible. Everyone has been buying out everyone else. Nobody cares about quality book design. Even Knopf uses cheap paper. The only place you can get the finest quality color printing is China, and that's because the government pays for the education of young people who want careers in printing. But one senses the bad news stops before it reaches Godine. The publisher has been at it in book business for nigh 35 years. After graduating from Dartmouth, where he was able to take courses in book production, he fixed up an old commercial build- ing on Hamilton Street in downtown Boston, which still is the home office and plant. David works there and so does the Kelly 13 Letterpress, which started on the same day he did. His company is small, maybe issuing 40 titles a year. He offers a full line of rediscov- ered classics for all ages. Godine builds libraries for ladies and gentlemen in the Boston intellectual tradition of fiction,poetry, general non-fiction, nature and a well-regarded list for juveniles, without the stuffi- ness also associated with Boston. The list of books he publishes has a good deal of New England in it, maybe 10 percent of its 5,000 titles. Godine people earn more than their share in all the awards contests they enter, and the boss emphasizes service as the one indispensable element. Every library on the Cape is one of the accounts he handles personally, say- ing that when Jean Ellis (Friend of the Osterville Library) calls, "You come running." And Sailing Osterville is a pastime to contemplate for a sailor who keeps his own Concor- dia at Padanaram. End of Story By Peter Abrahams William Morrow-New York City, 2006 Hardbound, 321 pages, $24.95, By Melora B. North arts@barnstablepatriot.com When you were a child your mother taught younot to talk to strangers. But as an adult did she teach you to not consort with prisoners?In the caseofIvy Seidel, a character in Falmouth author Peter Abrahams' new book, End of Story,she should have. Ivy is a writer wanna-be. A likeable New York City cocktail waitressby night,she eats,sleeps and dreams of being asuccessful writer. But as they say, "Those who can do, those who can't teach."Such is the sad case of Ivy who accepts a job to work with maximum-securityprisoners on their writing skills at ajail in up- state New York.It iswhileon this assignmentthat sheencounters a charismatic student she believes to be a brilliant raconteur of the written word. But not all is not asit seems,however,Ivy is drawn into the drama and is determined to play it out. Over the course of their meet- ings she experiences along-dead attraction for men and falls for Vance Harrow, a convicted rob- ber who just may have a history of murder as well. Believing he is innocent of the charges Ivy puts on her detective hat and investigates his story, putting her life in peril while trying to prove his innocence. Using fac- tual information from witnesses and professional lawmen, as well as Harrow's written tidbits, she weaves together atapestry of the known and presumed and comes up with what she believes is his story, convincing herself that he wasnot involved inthe dastardly deeds he was accused of. Puttingherself out on adanger- ous limb Ivy then naively helps him escape from the hospital where he is recuperating from a bloody and dubious incident that took place while he was in the slammer. The pair takes off for the hills, literally, where the action un- ravels in a roller coaster ride of intrigue and crime that eventu- ally culminates in the answers to the secrets that have fueled Ivy's imagination. Murder,escape, threatsand co- vert happenings make up this fast paced story of an unhealthy love on the lam, destined to blow up at any time. In this quick and en- gaging read, Abrahams has taken Thelma and Louis and coupled them with Bonnie and Clyde to create ablend of intrigue,mystery, lost dreams and hopeful destinies that are paid for dearly. Social Security CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 City couple,David (Rick Smith) and his wife Barbara (Lauren Piselli), immersed in their careers as art dealers, and add a pair of poopy in laws, Barbara'sstraight laced sister, Trudy (Karen Ross- Requinha) and her nerdy, accountant husband Martin (Peter Hirst), and you get a dysfunctional foursome with nothing in common. Well, not exactly, they have the girls' mother Sophie (Jean Bates) and her well beingin common, which ignites a free-for-all of jibes,snappy interactions and witty comebacks. At the heart of the matter is the dilemma of what to do with poor, ailing Sophie while Trudy and Martin, her caregivers,go up to Buffalo where their errant daughter is allegedly living in sin with two men, yes two. Just imag- ine the unrest this causes her persnickety parents! They can't get on the plane fast enough to save her so they hot foot it over to Barbara and David'sapartment to leave off a walker-dependent Sophie while they are out of town. It is while at the New York apartment that Sophie blos- soms after meeting a famed 98-year-old artist,Maurice Koenig (Ralph Earle), who brings the old gal back to life, at the same time re-igniting her long dormant frisky side. We'll let you imagine what goes on next but want to assure you, this is a comedic drama full of side splitting hee haws and giddy yucks that will amuse and delight all ages. Directed by Ray Girardin, this production is just too short,about an hour and a half,leaving the audience wanting more. Written by Andrew Bergman, it is quite simply a glimpse into a fam- ily that feels they must make decisions as to the disposition of a woman whose spirit has been worn down by asmother- ing love that has extinguished and gone the way of waste. And it is a realistic look at what the willis able to deliver when a fire is set in the spirit, hailing arebirth long overdue and much needed. The stage design by Peter Earle depicts a gracious liv- ing room decorated by out- there-art and a particularly interesting portrait of Sophie. Costumes are mostly dowdy and outdated, as they should be for this production,and the lighting is moody and effective. The performers,just six in all, were right-on for this pro- duction. From the downtrod- den slump in Martin's shoul- ders to the harsh thumping Sophie thrusts on her walker, the characters were believable and well cast. Catch Social Security at the Academy of Performing Arts, 120 Main Street in Or- leans, through April 23. 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