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Novel Tour: After writing 39 plays, Jerome Lawrence, who co-wrote “Auntie Mame” and “Inherit the Wind” with Robert E. Lee, has made a career detour from playwriting to fiction with his first novel, “A Golden Circle,” based on the late acting teacher Stella Adler and the 1930s Algonquin Round Table literary circle. Lawrence’s two-month book-signing tour begins with a dramatic presentation by actress Holland Taylor at Brentano’s, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., Century City, on Monday at 7:30 p.m. On April 10, Malibu Books and Company, 23410 Civic Center Way, will present a reading between 1 and 3 p.m., with Nan Martin, Burgess Meredith, Kati Powell, Will Willoughby and Martha Scott.