3 MARCH 1928, Page 46

JARNEGAN. By Jim Tully. (Brentano's. 7s. 6d.)— This novel is

said by the publisher to describe the " real Hollywood." If this is true, it explains a good deal as to the mentality and presentation of American films. The language in which it is written is rather difficult for English readers to follow, and the final catastrophe, considering the morals described in the book, will seem to us on this side like swalloW- ing a camel and straining at a gnat. The book is powerful and brutal, but it must be owned' that the characters are an extraordinarily unpleasant set of people.