16 JULY 1977, Page 17

A matter of style

Sir: Not yet having read Joshua Logan's autobiography, Josh, reviewed by Benny Green in the 2 July Spectator, I am in no position to judge whether or not it is as appalling as Benny Green says it is. But as a matter of pots and kettles I must just remark that, in the very paragraph of his review in which he castigates Logan for his vocabulary, Benny Green himself twice uses the word 'autobiographisel

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