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New Novels

Unhappy families MAURICE CAPITANCHIK Clap Hands if You Believe in Fairies John Fraser (Collins 25s) The Elected Member Bernice Rubens (Eyre and Spottiswoode 25s) The Impossible......

Big Brothers

DAVID WATT Warburg 50s) I shall be able to tell my grandchildren that I saw the House un-American Activities Com- mittee in action—but only just. I wandered into the wrong......

On The Rocks

AUBERON WAUGH Collected Essays Graham Greene (Bodley 42s) 'A man should be judged by his enmities as well as by his friendships,' writes Graham Greene, in a brief author's note......