Best of The Paperback
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These are the best of the latest release of paperbacks
Novels: Two by Howard Spring, FAME IS THE SPUR and ALL THE DAY LONG. The first is based on the life story of a politician, the second starts in a Cornish vicarage. (Fontana; 8/9
Each). A Question Of
SURGERY, by Michael Fitzwilliam, who is a surgeon when he isn’t writing stories like this one, is set in a British hospital. (Four Square;
4/-). Pink Flannel, By Ruth
Park, set in a New Zealand country town of the 1920’5. (Pacific; 5/6).
Murder, Thrills
WINDS OF EVIL, by Arthur Upfield, is a Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte adventure. Two murders and a strangling attempt.
One of his best. (Pacific; 5/6.) THE WATCHMAN, by Davis Grubb. Murder and sex with an American background. (Four Square; 4/-.)
The Ferguson Affair, And
The Wycherly Woman, Both
by Ross MacDonald, who is billed to be the successor to Raymond Chandler. He writes like him, and the thrills are there. (Fontana; 5/6 each.)
A Kind Of Prisoner, By
John Creasy. Britain’s ace thriller writer mixes Department Z and a kidnapping, and the result is palatable. (Four Square; 4/-.) THE SHADOW, by Sydney journalist Vince Kelly, is a true-life account of Frank Fahy, who worked for years as an undercover police agent and shadower, unknown even
to most of his colleagues. (Pacific; 5/6.)
Something Special
JULIUS CAESAR, in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series, is value for money. Tastefully produced, the edition includes text notes, com mentaries by experts and suggested references. (Signet Classics; 5/6).
The Mentor Book Of Major
BRITISH POETS, edited by Oscar Williams, runs from Blake to Words worth to Robert Browning and Dylan Thomas—an anthology of two centuries of poetry by 22 British poets. 576 pp. (Mentor; 12/6).
A Short History Of Aus
TRALIA, by Professor Manning Clark, Excellent, compact production of Professor Clark’s invaluable history. Worth owning. (Mentor;
9/9). How To Write, Speak
And Think More Effec
TIVELY, by Dr. Rudolf Flesch.
Good practical advice for anybody interested in plain talk and clear thinking. (Signet; 8/6), COM
Panion English Dictionary,
was first published in England in 1961 as Chamber’s School Dictionary.
The grey paper is a little hard to read. (Four Square; 5/6). HOW
I Learned The Secrets Of
SELLING, by Frank Bettger, an American, is not a story of how to sell so much as advice on how to gain self-confidence, in the Dale Carnegie manner. Carnegie influenced the book. (Go, Go, Go Series; 5/6).
How To Live With A
NEUROTIC DOG, by Stephen Baker, filled with drawings by Eric Gurney, is a genuinely funny book for dog lovers and dog haters alike.
The authors have a malicious sense of humour. Leave a copy behind next time you visit a dog-dominated family. (Four Square; 7/-). LET MY PEOPLE GO is the auto biography of South African leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Luthuli. (Fontana; 5/6).
BUDGERIGARS and Other Caged Birds, by Jack Aistrop, FZS, is a handbook on their care, feeding and housing. Illustrated. (Four Square; 5/6.) (Signet, Four Square, Mentor and Go, Go, Go books are all distributed by Tudor Distributors Pty. Ltd., Sydneyr Pacific by Angus and Robertson Ltd.; Fontana and Pan by William Collin!? (Overseas) Ltd.)