Light Fiction for Week-End Reading

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 4 (Supplement)

Light Fiction for Week-End Reading

"THE NEWSHAWKS"

Mr. Cosmo Hamilton, in his new novel, "The Armour of Light," has for his leading character a political correspondent of a newspaper. Ho goes to Spain and to America, and while there not only deals with the Presidential Election, but is faced by the American press campaign with regard to the abdication of King Edward VIII. The author's portrayal of newspaper methods behind the scenes is a feature of this unusual novel. '"i!lio Armour ot Light," by Cosuio llumiU ton. (Hulehinsou.).

I Strange Mixture ;

: "Private Paradise," by Helen i | Eastwood,. is a light novel based on j j, the supposed fascination of certain j • people for authors and poets. The | : poet in her stony is a tlfange ad- : j mixture, and the power he contrives j | to wield over some members of the : j fair sex is a curious form of hero- j j worship. But his Wife, a business : j woman, has plenty of common seme, j : and when the time comes she settles : j matters with a sure touch. j : "Privnto Pnnwliso," by Helen • j Eastwood. (Wright and Brown.) : L i

ATTRACTIVE HEROINE

The first impression of "Tony," by Hlixabeth Vernon, is not at all pleasing. Sho is expelled from school find her return home is made a big grievance by Tony's sister and her mother. Gradually it is discovered that owing to jealousy about a legacy the sister and the mother are not all they should be to Tony, and the school escapade is soon viewed in its right perspective. Tony is, however, able to take care of herself. Sho is an attractive heroine and merits the reward bestowed in clue course. "Tony," by Elizabeth Vernon. (HoUder and Slou^hton.)