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The Mercenaries. By Jon Manchip White. (John Long, I Is.

6d.) A couple of bravoes are hired to smuggle one of Peron's ministers and his Mistress out of Argentina; this is an adventure tale, of escape through the jungle. The characters are paper-thin, and their love-hate relationships Pretty unlikely, but the plot is strong and keeps Moving. Would make a film, and no doubt was Meant to, but what will the script-writer do with a character who speaks 'glabrous German'?