Sir.-Your reviewer "P.J.W." has done less than justice to Alan Paton’s novel Too Late the .Phalarope, I recommend it to all who seek further understanding of the South Africa of today. I gained the impression that "P.J.W." wrote in haste and this is supported by the errors of fact in the review (e.g., It was Japie Grobler, Pieter’s friend, who wrote the mysterious note "I saw you," and it was in relation to another incident, not that implied by your reviewer). The material may appear "thinly stretched out" and "become tedious" to a busy reviewer reading against time, but to this "average reader" it did not appear so, and in fairness to Alan Paton I would advise others to read this fine novel and judge for themselves,
R.D.L.
S.
(Rangiora).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 760, 12 February 1954, Page 5
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