6 MAY 1955, page 34

New Novels

MR. HYAMS does not lack for confidence in his approach to satire. In his latest entertainment he has a go at intellectuals, farming, science, newspapers, the English climate,......

It's A Crime

'PROFESSIONAL' is a word of critical approval that leaves behind it something of an after-taste. It suggests perhaps a proficiency slightly suspect, technique stiffening into......