BEVERLEY AS BEFORE
SUNLIGHT ON THE LAWN, by Beverley Nichols; Jonathan Cape, English price 16/-. Illustrated by William McLaren. MR NICHOLS passed through a period of prococious debunking, sometimes rather tastelessly, as in his revelations of Melba in Evensong, and some flutterings in the dovecots of Moral Rearmament, He found his level and quite considerable success in the gossip-gardening-countryhouse series of which Sunlight on the Lawn is ‘he latest. His admirers will be delighted and there is no reason why the series should not go on indefinitely. The further embellishments of a Georgian ruin, Merry Hall, continue, and he has lost none of his ability at pithy characterisation or brittle dragonfly humour. With an irridescent flick he switches from sentiment to the classics, from maliciously depicted neighbours to floral and arboreal descriptions. The illustrations reflect the same quality of self-conscious precious charm, and to many readers these gifts will suffice.
John V.
Trevor
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 924, 26 April 1957, Page 13
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153BEVERLEY AS BEFORE New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 924, 26 April 1957, Page 13
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