AUTHOR AND REVIEWER
Sir,-In his letter, appearing in your January 10 issue, David Hall maintains that his review of my book was not completely destructive, and points out that in the review he described my style of writing as "brisk" and "wisecracking." He mentions also that he said the whole book was "entertaining," but Mr. Hall’s original words were "Entertaining it is, often in ways the author little suspects," which seems to me to be something in the nature of a superior snigger at my expense. It is good to learn now that. Mr. Hall considers my liveliness of style to be my chief claim on the attention of readers, but I do not regard his letter as a corrective to the pronounced acidity of his review.
PAUL H.
SIMPSON
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 402, 7 March 1947, Page 18
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131AUTHOR AND REVIEWER New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 402, 7 March 1947, Page 18
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