A "SHOCKER" WITH SOME LITERARY POINTS
NUMBER two on the shocker list this week is Bernard Home’s "Rogue Haven." Some people will find it thoroughly entertaining, since it possesses: the thoroughness of a John Buchan and something of the flavour of a Stacpoole. Personally, having served a week-end apprenticeship with Buchan and Stacpoole, |! found ‘the points of similarity somewhat: wearisome. However, Bernard. Home wins with an ability to give atmosphere. I found his El Sherm, the Mediterranean headquarters of an international dope gang. an eminently "believable" place, and his characters eminently "believeable" people. The plot-involving as it does the fortunes of a very well disguised secret service man-is full of action, suspense and unexpected twists. "Rogues’ Haven" is out of the class of common or garden "shockers" in that it pays some attention to literary style and to the-subtle requirements of versimilitude. Definitely it is worth getting from your library. "Rogues Haven," by Bernard Home (Hutchinson, London). Our eopy from the publisher. ,
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Radio Record, 22 July 1938, Page 30
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162A "SHOCKER" WITH SOME LITERARY POINTS Radio Record, 22 July 1938, Page 30
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