BOOK SHOP
Sir-May I raise a cry of protest against the blemishes of an otherwise enjoyable programme; namely Book Shop? As an avid listener to this programme as well as an omniverous reader I am, I believe, inclined to adopt a magnanimous tolerance. towards the trite story-telling which too often
attempts to pass for reviewing. The policy of "author to review author" was carried to its absurd conclusion on Wednesday, September 30. The soldier reviewing the soldier demonstrated ably that the qualities that go.to meke a warrior do not make a critic. Indeed the bill of fare on that night seermed to me dedicated to the furtherance of at least second-rate reviewing. However, far from turning the right-hand knob of my radio set one inch to the right at »8.38 p.m. on Wednesday night, I shall listen with greater interest. Like the concert-goer who waited for the clap between the first and second movements, I wait for the delinquent to review the delinquent; the white slaver to review the white slaver; and the baby to review the next edition of Dr Spock.
T.A.
B.
(Dunedin) _
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1052, 23 October 1959, Page 11
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185BOOK SHOP New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1052, 23 October 1959, Page 11
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