PRISONER OF WAR AND A PROSTITUTE

Radio Record, Volume IX, Issue 2, 19 July 1935, Page 28

PRISONER OF WAR AND A PROSTITUTE

"Everything Is Thunder" N "Everything is Thunder." the author, J. L. Hardy, gives a woan.derful portrait of the mental anguis and torture of a man obsessed with the idea of escaping from Germany while being held a prisoner of war, and who, when attempting to. break prison, is ulexpectedly compelled to kill a sentry. The hunt is’soon on and is intensified on account of the."murder," but a false leg and considerable amount of luck enable him to reach Berlin, where he meets the heroine of the story, a prostitute, who shelters him, unaware of -his ,identity. They fall in love with each other and decide to flee across. the Dutch frontier together. This gives only a-bare outline of the story which is filled with tense excitement as the chances of escape gradually diminish, and the extraordinary passion between the hunted man and the prostitute is described in some beautiful passages. The character of the hero is drawn with a very fine pen and the author gives you a very vivid insight into his mental thoughts, The heroine, unfortunately, is too-good to be true. It.seems a pity that the author. who created her such a sweet loving person should have made her a woman. of the streets. However, apart from. this personal view, it is a book well worth reading. and a worthy successor to Mr. Hardy’s book "I Bseape." "Everything is Thunder." J, L: Hardy. John Lane (The Bodley Head). Our copy from the publishers, 8 .