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Great Clowns are no more, and people
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THE LILIES AND THE BEES
Maurice
able book. The hero of Mr. Rowdon's
first novel is a famous clown about to
by Edward Grierson
Roudon
make his come-back in a Paris variety
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theatre after the first world war.
Haunted by the death ofl This son, uneasy
exciting historical romance about a Royalist plot
that his powers may have waned, Helle-
to depose Napoleon Bonaparte. Everything which a
bore for the
lover of the kind could ask for."-The Observer
see the practises human being EMENIEE moment. the grease-
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paint-egotistic, arrogant, yet lovable,
single-minded, and of extraordinary
IT'S WARM INSIDE
personal magnetism:a true artist.There
are vivid sketches of Hellebore's im-
by Peter Towry
presario and fellow-performers. The
novel reachesa magnificentclimaxy with
Congratulations to a new author, Peter Towry, on
the First Night, when, after an initial
his first novel his book is as fresh and pleasing as
failure which sends the reader's heart
a spring morning.' Nigel Nicolson
into his mouth, Hellebore gives a
Mr. Towry can write vivacious and witty dialogue,
masterly performance. The description
and invent comic situations." Times Lit. Sup.
ofthis performance, with all its tension,
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near-tragedy, humour and triumphant
virtuosity, is a tour-de-force which
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marks out Mr. Rowdon as a writer of
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the highest promise.
by Sigrid de Lima
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Awarded the Prix de Rome Fellowship by the
American Academy of Arts and Letters
It has thesharply distinctive touch one expects from
good American fiction. -Manchester Guardian
A writer of impressive power.' -Evening Standard
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