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Loose Lips: On Sept. 12 the state of Israel enjoined St. Martin's Press from distributing By Way of Deception, Victor Ostrovsky's expose about his life as an intelligence officer in the Mossad, Israel's secret service. The ban was struck down, and in the ensuing publicity a best-seller was born. By Way of Deception enters the nonfiction list at No. 1. FICTION WEEKS ON LIST
1 Four Past Midnight 4 Stephen King, Viking, $22.95 2 Memories of Midnight 7 Sidney Sheldon, Morrow, $21.95 3 The Burden of Proof 17 Scott Turow, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $22.95 4 The General in His Labyrinth 3 Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Knopf, $19.95 5 Hocus Pocus 4 Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam, $21.95 6 Surrender the Pink 3 Carrie Fisher, Simon & Schuster, $18.95 7 Lady Boss 1 Jackie Collins, Simon & Schuster, $21.95 8 Spy Sinker 5 Len Deighton, HarperCollins, $21.95 9 The Women in His Life 8 Barbara Taylor Bradford, Random House, $21.95 10 Message From Nam 16 Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $21.95
NONFICTION
1 By Way of Deception 2 Victor Ostrovsky, St. Martin's, $22.95 2 Millie's Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush 2 Mildred Kerr Bush, Morrow, $17.95 3 Homecoming 11 John Bradshaw, Bantam, $18.95 4 Get to the Heart: My Story 3 Barbara Mandrell with George Vecsey, Bantam, $19.95 5 Wealth Without Risk 87 Charles Givens, Simon & Schuster, $19.95 6 Now You Know 3 Kitty Dukakis with Jane Scovell, Simon & Schuster, $19.95 7 Bootlegger's Boy: My Story 4 Barry Switzer with Bud Shrake, Morrow, $19.95 8 You Just Don't Understand: Women & Men in Conversation 11 Deborah Tannen, Morrow, $18.95 9 Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness 5 William Styron, Random House, $15.95 10 Every Spy a Prince 10 Dan Raviv & Yossi Melman, Houghton Mifflin, $22.95
