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Spiky And Smooth

Coming of Age. By Babette Deutsch. (O.U.P., 15s.) MR. RICHARD EBERHART is a poet who has al- ways baffled me with his strange mixture of power and clumsiness. Not that there is......

Child's Play

The Custard Boys. By John Rae. (Hart-Davis, The Chinese Love Pavilion. By Paul Scott. (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 18s.) The Blinding Light. By Heinrich Schirmbeck. (Collins, 21s.)......