cover image Gates of Paradise

Gates of Paradise

Gwyneth Cravens. Warner Books, $4.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-446-36261-0

Hypocritical Reverend Melpomene Gilman calmly attends to her parish but rages at her wimpish husband. Cravens ``has eschewed subtlety in delineating the minister's neurotic personality,'' said PW. ``This hermetic portrait of one day in a rapidly disintegrating marriage is a trial to read. '' (Jan.) 3