17 SEPTEMBER 1932, Page 24

CONTANGO. By James Hilton. (Benn. 7s. sd.) Mr. Hilton plays

tig with a series of ideas which reache, round the world. Each idea is connected most ingeniously, with the one before, and the story is saved from being merely episodic by a steady growth of interest. A lively, ambition, plan, courageously and successfully tackled, which will add to Mr. Hilton's well-deserved reputation.