First Novels
HAD wondered why various authors should have been asked to talk about their first published novels in the BBC series at present to be heard from 4YC, for in most cases an author’s first novel is relegated to a position of mainly historical interest in the light of his subsequent achievements. Io hear him speaking about his own choice for his best work-or even his worst-would, I think, be more interesting. Who, for example, remembers Compton Mackentie for The Passionate Elopement, or Joyce Cary for Aissa Saved? However, Compton Mackenzie, with his usual urbanity, made an interesting talk with his account of the continually homing manuscript of The Passionate Elopement, and its final success; and if his talk did nothing else, it must have provided encouragement to aspiring authors.
While still preferring to have heard him talk about his Sinister Street, or his various Winds of Love, I must bow to the benevolence of the BBC.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 766, 26 March 1954, Page 11
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158First Novels New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 766, 26 March 1954, Page 11
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