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New Novels

Old angers PETER VANSITTART The Holy Well Valentin Katayev translated by Max Hayward and Harry Sliukman (Harvill 21s) The Nation Within Francis Fytton (Ambit Books 21s) The......

It's A Crime

MAURICE PRIOR In his third Harlem novel, Run Man Run (Muller 18s), Chester Himes , had adopted a' rather different style than in his previous books. Drunken white New York tec,......

Jazzmen

PHILIP LARKIN This is an absorbing book in more ways than tine. Primarily it is an account of the careers and aims of four jazzmen--not, in fact, be- boppers, despite the......