15 NOVEMBER 1963, page 21

`stew Novels Nothing But The Facts, Ma'am The Group. By

Mary McCarthy. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 18s.) How should one set about writing novels, now that the cinema has taken over the popular narra- tive techniques, and radio and......

Fallen Idols.

The Emigration of Sergey Ivanovich, By Richard Freeborn. (Hodder and Stoughton, 16s.) RELIGION is `in.' It's an okay subject to knock and two of this week's novels knock it, one......

Corralling The Goat

The Mask of Merlin. By Donald McCormick. (Macdonald, 42s.) To the Welsh, of course, Welsh rarebit is merely cheese-on-toast. Like the Spaniards after Bizet, they have been doing......