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The Devil’S Advocate, The

Toes Of The Fisherman And

He Second Victory, All By

[orris West, need no introduction, tie first two. published in 1959 and 163 respectively, made and con- Jidated his reputation as a best lling novelist. Both are closely terwoven with different aspects of atholicism. The third of the re ints slightly predates the author’s eat success. The main character is i officer in the Occupation Forces in i Austrian town. (Pan; each 6/-.) PIED PIPER, by Nevil Shute. lis is probably one of the best ved of this author’s early novels, le movie made from it was equally ipular. It tells of an elderly English licitor caught by the Nazi invasion France in 1940. He is persuaded escort two English children home it before he has got very far he is collected five other waifs and rays. (Pan; 6/-.)

Fanny By Gaslight And

DRLORN SUNSET, both by ichael Sadleir, and both concerned ith London of the 1860’s and 170’s, behind the respectable facade which there was vice and corrup >n. (Pan; 8/-.)

The Death Of Achilles, By

ctor Price, a novel of passion d a background of Cyprus during pre-independence troubles. (Pan; --) DRAGON SEED, by Pearl S. ick. Somewhat dated by the fact at it was published originally in 42 when the Japanese were the ddies and the mainland Chinese e goodies. (Pan; 8/-.) irillers And Crime

The Trojan Horse, By Ham

and Innes—one of his early thrillers it with the usual bigger than big ro. A lot of the action takes place a London sewer. Also by the same

Thor, The White South,

'ontana; both 6/-.)

Above Suspicion And

DRTH FROM ROME, by Helen aclnnes, whose thrillers have be me best-sellers in recent years, rhaps because her backgrounds ten make good travel reading. The st of these two was her first pub

lished novel and, like most other stories that were put into print in 1941. concerns the Nazi terror. (Fcntana; both 6/-.)

The Bedford Incident, By

Mark Rascovick. A Cold War battle of nerves between a NATO destroyer and a Russian submarine. Now a movie with Richard Widmark on our side. (Pan; 8/-.) FOUR DAYS, by John Buell, the story of a 12-year-old boy who has literally been left holding the bag— and runs. (Pan; 6/-.) OUT GOES SHE, by Rex Stout;

The Sittaford Mystery, By

Agatha Christie; and THE CASE OF

The Screaming Woman, By

Erie Stanley Gardner, from Fontana at 4/-, Pan at 6/-, and Pan at 6/-.

Westerns LOST PUEBLO, by Zane Grey— one of the last of this author’s Western novels. (Hodder; 4/-.)

Getley’S Gold, By F. C.

Robertson. (Fontana; 4/-.)

One Of Those Things And

Dance Without Music, Both

by Peter Cheney. (Fontana; 4/each).

Light Romance

Vittoria Cottage, Celia’S

House, The Musgraves And

Fletcher’S End, All By D.E.

Stevenson, are all light novels of English country life. (Fontana; 6/each).

House Surgeon At Luke’S,

by Rona Randall.. (Fontana; 4/-.) REPUTATION, by Denise Robins

(Hodder; 4/-). The Family Web,

by Iris Bromige (Hodder; 4/).

Miscellaneous

Harvest Of Journeys, By

Hammond Innes is a record of his own travels between 1950 and 1960.

These took him to Arabia and the Persian Gulf, Norway, and its whaling fleet, Morocco, the Low Countries, Canada and elsewhere. If you are an Innes fan you will have no trouble in remembering the novel that went with each of the journeys.

Illustrated. (Fontana; 8/-.)

Dardanelles Patrol, By

Peter Shankland and Anthony Hunter.

A few months ago we reviewed a book by American war correspondent Raymond Gram Swing in which he recounted an amusing incident in which he became entangled with a British submarine in the Sea of Marmora in World War I. This book tells the story from the other side, plus more of the adventures of sub marine Ell and the man who com manded her, Lieut.-Commander Nasmith, VC. (Fontana; 6/-.)

The Pan Junior Puzzle

BOOK, compiled by Norman G.

Pulsford, and THE PAN JUNIOR

Crossword Puzzle Book,

edited by Robin Burgess, are guaranteed to keep the youngsters busy and amused. Specially good on wet days and for holiday diversions.

Each 4/-.

Life And Laughter, Pre

sented by Michael Barsley will pro bably keep their parents busy and amused. Such assorted writers as Thurber, Ogden Nash, Wodehouse and Laurence Durrell contribute to it. There are funny pieces, funny verses and funny drawings. A good bed-side book. (Pan; 8/-.)

I Owe Russia $L2Oo, By Bob

Hope. Its sub-title is “Quips from Maida Vale to Moscow”, and it is illustrated. (Pan; 6/-.)

The Lovely Sergeant, By

Alan Burgess. The factual story of Flora Sandes, daughter of an English parson, who went to Serbia at the outbreak of World War I as a sort of international VAD and stayed on to fight with the Serbian Army. (Pan; 8/-.) (Our Copies from Wm. Collins (Over seas) Ltd., fjydney.)