6 MAY 1949, page 32

Fiction

THIS massive novel is the story of a modern Faust, the German musician, Adrian Leverkiihn (1885-1940), who sold his soul to the Devil in return for twenty-four years of creative......

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Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS THANKS to the underlying strength of the gilt-edged market, itself a consequence of Sir Stafford Cripps's wisdom in refusing to force the pace, the new Gas stock......