14 MARCH 1952, page 32

The Face Of Defeat

WOLFGANG BORCHERT, who was born in Hamburg in 1921, at the age of twenty took part in the German invasion of the U.S.S.R., an event which impressed him more with the sufferings......

Humour

Life in Thin Slices. By Patrick Campbell. (Falcon. 9s. 6d.) AND how ! The supply seems to be endless. I am myself thinking of writing a slim volume entitled: " How to Read......

Fiction

Paradise Bay. By John Guthrie. (Werner Laurie. 12s. 6d.) The Moon and the Bonfire. By Cesare Pavese. (Lehmann. 10s. 6d.) The Double Door. By Theodora Keogh. (Peter Davies. 10s.......