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New Novels

Cannibal Game Young Mr, Keefe. By Stephen Birmingham. (Collins, 15s.) The Law is the title of Roger Vailland's Prix Goncourt novel, and also of a game supposedly played in the......

American Contrast

Life at Happy Knoll. By John P. Marquand. (Collins, 10s. 6d.) The Seraglio. Py James Merrill. (Chatto and Windus, 15s.) • HERE are two American novels, one on the bright side,......