Old Faithfuls
()¥ the five serials at present running from Dunedin national stations, two, having stood the test of time, lack any virtue of surprise for the listener; two, being of the standard of second-rate magazine fiction, have the same lack of sophistication for the listener; and the last (Miss Billy) achieves the distinction of falling into both groups. After getting off to a rather amateurish start, the production of The Eustace Diamonds has improved, and the company is picking its way through the intricacies of Trollope’s plot in a comprehensible, if not inspiring, fashion; and The Good Companions geniality has not been totally exhausted by previous acquaintance with it both as novel and as film. This is the most one can say in fayour of the best we are offered at present. Is there nothing available written in the ’40’s, or even as recently as the last two
years?
Loquax
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 761, 19 February 1954, Page 10
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150Old Faithfuls New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 761, 19 February 1954, Page 10
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