Five Failures
THE more I read new novels, the more I am convinced that what makes most of them so mediocre is a failure of sensibility in the writer -a failure which we recognise, in its many......
Solution To Crossword No. 1183 Across: 1 Tug-of-war. 5...
9 Macropod. 10 Big-wig. 12 Aprons. 13 Sprouted. 15 Permanent way. 18 Wishing- wells. 23 Narwhalk. 24 Scouts. 26 Ornery. 27 Confrere. 28 Greats. 29 Detritus. DOWN: I Tom-cat. 2......
Spectator Crossword No. 1184
ACROSS 1. A novel piece of luck (8) 5. So fast? You must be dreaming! (6) 9. Up came a trunk for the stan- dard (4-4) 10. Bear a utensil (6) 12. I wish a pound for the man from......
Novels
• Gurlie, Joe, and Spider White Mule. By William Carlos Williams. (Mac- Gibbon and Kee, 30s.) EXCEPT for The Great American Novel, which is 'experimental' prOse-poetry and whose......
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