VIOLENCE from WALES: SQUALOR from LONDON: Two Novels Which Command Special Attention for Their Effectiveness
... I SUPPOSE that to a truly Welsh reader, Welsh by birth and upbringing, there would be nothing fantastic about the novel ALL THINGS BETRAY THEE (Michael Joseph. 10s. 6d.). But to an English reader, even though he can see the integral value of the book, it remains surprising: violent in one direction, lush in another. It takes a little while, for instance, to accustom one's ear to the lilt of ...