5 FEBRUARY 1960, page 30

A Season In Brazil Two Weeks In Another Town. By

Irwin Shaw. (Cape, 18s.) Camphor. By James Garford. (Faber, 15s.) FRANK TUOHY'S The Animal • Game was easily the best first novel to appear in 1957, showering rockets of promise......

Closed Circuit. By William Haggard. (cassell , I Is. 6d.)...

intrigue and polite blackmail In classier parts of London between British diplo - matists and those of small South American re - public. Reasonable fascimile, in clipped and......

The Dead Don't Matter. By Spenser Smith, (john Long, Lls.

6d.) Four tough and rather over - described Sydney layabouts get together to tunne l into a bank and half a million quid. Quite exciting to watch whether they'll get the money......

. The Night Of Wenceslas. By Lionel Davidson , (gollancz,...

6d.) Sort of young Londoner wh o lives in bed-sit., works in City office, is mildlY amorous, owns—but can hardly afford to run - : battered sports car and gets Written about in......

Solution Of Crossword 1073

ACROSS.—I Romney. 4 Croupier. Vandal. 10 Catnaps. 12 Rhapsody. 13 Urchin. 15 Erin. 16 Designates. 19 Scholas. tie. 20 Grip. 23 Chorus. 25 Clarissa. 27 Bassinet. 28 Builth. 29......

The Silent One. By Owen Cameron. (ham' Mond, 12s. 6d.)

'In tragic life, God wot, no villain need be.' The killer here is a psychological casualtY of the war; he brings death to a small Californian town, and drives those who love him......

It's A Crime

The Face of the Tiger. By Ursula Curtiss. (6Yr e , and. Spottiswoode, 12s. 6d.) The familiar, and welcome, Curtiss combination of everyday setting (this time a rather tatty New......

Spectator Crossword No. 1075 Solution On February 19

ACROSS 1 This fussy worker blushes from side to side (6) 4 From Mars to me comes a little monkey! (8) 8 Ancient tribe of cricketers? (8) 10 Top-line appearance in the last rally......