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New Novels

Main stream WILLIAM BUCHAN Salmi in Paris Jack Kerouac (Andre Deutsch 21s) Queen Victoria's Bomb Ronald Clark (Cape 25s) The Bright Cantonese Alexander Cordell (Gol- lancz 25s)......

Poet's Life

MARTIN SEYMOUR-SMITH In 1947 Mr Harold Owen wrote to The Times Literary Supplement stating that information about his brother could not be granted to any- one. However, in 1963......