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Stale And Flat

SWEET AND SOUR. By John O'Hara. (Cresset Press, 12s. 6d.) THIS is a collection of short pieces written for the book page of a New Jersey Sunday paper. There is very little......

New Novels

THOUGH not necessarily, as some people might claim; artistically immoral, propagandist fiction tends to be tedious, and it is a measure of Edith Pargeter's skill. and of her......