A HUMOROUS NOVEL.
One is inclined to fight shy of any-' thing with a title concerning a front after "All Quiet"; but open John Worne's new book, "Unrest on the Home Front" (London: Richards), and glance at the dedication: "To . . . Her . . . which is pleasantly vague and commits me to nothing" . . . and you will realise that here there is nothing to fear. "Unrest on the Home Front" is funny—really funny, without strain and without effort. A wounded V.C. hero is drafted home to superintend the purchase of army clothing during the Great War. In the course of his duties he gets into monetary difficulties with a profiteer of Hebraic descent, becomes seriously entangled with his daughter, makes the acquaintance of a delightfully doubtful night club, incidentally, landing himself in for a libel suit; and finally is forced to appeal to a knotsolver, a generous Scottish gentleman with a keen intellect, to disentangle him from all difficulties. The book is ridiculously amusing and most entertaining from cover to cover.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 47, 23 August 1930, Page 21
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167A HUMOROUS NOVEL. Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 47, 23 August 1930, Page 21
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