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Homesman

Glendon Swarthout. Signet Book, $4.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-451-16429-2

``Utilizing a classic western plot--a journey across rough land under perilous conditions--and a mismatched pair of protagonists who'll remind many readers of those in The African Queen , Swarthout tells a sturdy if by now familiar tale,'' commented PW on this ``melancholy '' novel by the author of The Shootist. (Mar.)