23 MARCH 1962, page 24

Something Rotten

'I MUST admit that the extreme nature of the Hull fisherman's job attracted me, just as it attracted Mr. Priestley in 1934. I too thought the fishermen would be more interesting......

Landscape Into Art

Revolutionary Road. By Richard Yates. (Deutsch, 18s.) Strike the Father Dead. By John Wain. (Mac- millan, 18s.) WHY is it that American novelists seem to write so very much......