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The Highsmith Jewel

Brown Lord of the Mountain. By Walter Macken. (Macmillan, 25s.) The Sacred Malady. By Anthony Campbell. (Chatto and Windus, 25s.) The Gates of the Forest. By Elie Wiesel.......

It's A Crime

The Julian Symons Omnibus (Collins, 21s.) is excellent value for a guinea. Three of Mr Symons's best novels, The 31st of February, a psychological advertising-agency crime......