"I KNOW WHAT I THINK..."
A WINE FULLY MATURED SHORT stories told on the redio do not often seem to make the grade. All the more credit, then, is due to G. C. A. Wall for his story "Atlanta in the Cellar" in the series "Slightly Out of True," now running on Thursdays from Christchurch. Perhaps it is a pity to pick out one of the tales, but this story seems to me so outstanding in its wit and charm that | feel its praise cannot be left unsung. The personality of this author and broadcaster comes across in full measure. His particularly pleasing voice, the easy and natural manner, the glorious absurdity of the plot, the portrayal of the characters combine to make an entrancing whole. Last and not at all least, is his use of vivid and unusual phrases: the not yet matured wine is "bumptious and callow," the matured is "sagacious and fit for a Governor-General," the rejected suitor walks away disconsolately, with a face "the colour of the Auckland ‘Weekly News.’ " This author has reached a high standard in the art of story writing and reading for radio,
E.J.
S.
(Readers are invited to submit comments, not more than 200 words in length, on radio programmes. A fee of one guinea will be paid after publication. Contributions should be headed ‘‘Radio Review.’’ Unsuccessful entries cannot be returned.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 728, 26 June 1953, Page 10
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230"I KNOW WHAT I THINK..." New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 728, 26 June 1953, Page 10
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