Playboy January 1973

3 PLAYBILL 13 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 22 BOOKS 28 MOVIES 38 RECORDINGS 44 THEATER 49 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 53 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 61 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: CARROLL O'CONNOR—candid conversation 76 THE DIGGER'S GAME—fiction GEORGE V. HIGGINS 80 SEDUCTION IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD—article GERMAINE GREER 83 DESSERT AT THE BELVEDERE—fiction PAUL THEROUX 84 PETE TURNER'S TURN-ONS—pictorial 92 CANDY-COATED NIGHTMARES IN NIRVANA BY THE BAY—article HERBERT GOLD 95 PRO BOWLS!—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG 96 TO CHINA WITH NIXON—article WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, JR. 99 TRIAD: THE WIDOW, THE PASSENGER, THE BELLY—fiction JOHN CHEEVER 107 CONFESSIONS OF A LETTUCE EATER—humor CRAIG VETTER 108 THE SONG OF SONGS WHICH IS SILVERSTEIN'S—humor.. SHEL SILVERSTEIN 113 AND SO IT GOES—article TOM FITZPATRICK 114 GORGEOUS GEORGE, M.D.—humor RICHARD SMITH 117 BLUE-CHIP FASHION FUTURES—attire 123 THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS—humor JUDITH WAX 124 GO-GETTER—playboy's playmate of the month 132 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 134 THE INSIDE OUTSIDE COMPLEX—fiction SEAN O'FAOLAIN 137 RUNTS LIB—humor RALPH KEYES 139 IT'S ALL IN THE CARDS—humor FRANCOIS COLOS 143 THE NATURAL—article LAURENCE GONZALES 147 THE ELEVENTH-HOUR SANTA—gifts 151 ADVANTAGE, GOD—humor ART BUCHWALD 152 THE VARGAS GIRL—pictorial ALBERTO VARGAS 155 FOR YOUR EARS ONLY—modern living 156 THE FORCES OF DEATH AND THE FORCES OF LIFE—pictorial....CHARLES BRAGG 165 PLAYBOY'S PLAYMATE REVIEW—pictorial 180 FEAR—symposium RED ADAIR, DENTON COOLEY, M.D., AARON HENRY, BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBIN OLDS, JACK PALANCE, KARL WALLENDA 185 ADVENTURES OF A LITIGIOUS LAW BUFF—article CALVIN TRILLIN 187 SUPER BOWL—man at his leisure LEROY NEIMAN 191 "IMPOSSIBLE OBJECT"—pictorial