A MOURNFUL MURDERER
THE HOUSEKEEPER’S ‘DAUGHTER. By Donald Henderson Clarke. London. T. Werner Laurie. 7/6. Although Mr. Clarke has created several interesting characters in his novel -the handsome Robert, Hilda the housekeeper’s beautiful daughter, the Deacon and others-it is Benny, the mournful murderer, who killed to make people happy, who occupies our attention most. The Deacon is nearly as good a character; there is something rather appealing about elderly pagans with a knowledge of languages, literature, art, women, wine, and song. But Benny. whether he is true to life or a pathological case, is a really vivid little man and makes up for the rest of a rather mediocre book by his excellénce.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 4, 21 July 1939, Page 37
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113A MOURNFUL MURDERER New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 4, 21 July 1939, Page 37
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