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Corpse At The Carnival. By George Bellairs. (gifford,...

and The Grey Stranger. By Frances Crane. (Hammond, 10s. 6d.) If carnival means 'Nice' to you, and port 'Oporto,' then these detective stories about carnival at Douglas, loM, and......

The Sound Of Shakespeare

Othello, Troilus and Cressida and As You Like It. Recorded by the Marlowe Society on Argo Records, £23 (approximately) in total. EQUITY has charged the Marlowe Society of Cam-......

Imperial Preferences

Mighty Fallen. By Charles Whiting. (Cape, 15s.) 14 3 1 Mother was Hanged. By E. S. Willards. (Heinemann, 13s. 6d.) I ' ROUBLE in yet another Arab State. The insurgents ave......

It's A Crime

The Tiger Among Us. By Leigh Brackett. (Boardman, 10s. 6d.) Powerful piece about young American who gets wantonly beaten up by gang of youngsters, for fun. The attack is so......

The Bachelors Of Broken Hill. By Arthur Upfield....

6d.) Newly published but patently earlyish adventure of the half- Australian aboriginal detective Napoleon Bona- parte. Instead of the sun-blasted outback about which Mr.......

A Shriek Of Tyres. By Douglas Rutherford. (collins, 10s....

Road-racing thriller—Silver- stone, Le Mans, the Mille Miglia—by a writer who deals superbly with speed and action. Not so good on human relationships as his excellent previous......