Mr. Craig has, put himself in print a bit too
soon. There is not enough" material in Danger Is My Business _(Barker, tzs. 6d.) for a book of the size he has chosen to make it or the importance the publisher seems to give it. There is too much philosophising, and a lot" of repetition. Using the technique recommended by corresiondence-course teachers he opens with a high spot of drama to catch the prospective reader's eye. We start on the floor of the Pacific with an account of the filming of a mock-fight between the author and another diver which was interrupted by killer-whales. Then we go back to the beginning of his career as an engin'eer and liter a camera-man specialising in wild-life sequences, for which there is always a market in Hollywood. After a period of shooting tigers with gun and camera he took-..up diving and, today Mr. Craig runs a diving unit for the taking of dangerous submarine photographs. In telling this not uneventful life-story he unfortunately does not stick to events, but indulges in flash-backs and other cinematic and literary tricks. This kind of self-conscious artistry always spoils an adventure story, however good in itself.
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