29 APRIL 1966, page 25

New York Letter

Black Dada Nihilismus From M. L. ROSENTHAL T HAT part of the white population of the United States that is willing to learn is now going to a segregated school. That is, Negro......

Unchanging Guinness

FICTION in lending libraries is often selected by weight—'a nice light book,' something really solid'—and there are worse methods of classi- fication. Judged by this standard,......

New Novels

The Generation Between Of the Farm. By John Updike. (Deutsch, 16s.) THERE is nothing more rewarding than to watch an admired writer grow in stature; in ever- deepening knowledge......