17 AUGUST 1956, page 22

Where Vultures Fly

DEADLINE AND DATELINE. By Rene MacColl. (Oldbourne, 15s.) MR. MACCOLL describes himself as a reporter. He tells us that he loves the life. He then proceeds to write a book that......

A Certain Smile

BY PETER QUENNELL I AVING read Frangoisc Sagan's first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, published a couple of years ago, when it achieved in France alone a sale of a quarter of a......