IT PAYS!
BY SIN BAD. “All Quiet on the Western Front” More than a teacup storm has raised, For some with disapproval grunt, While others have its frankness praised. The heads of city libraries, In Auckland and in Wellington, Towards this much-boomed volume freeze, | Although on it there is a run. I They say: “It may be very fine. “This novel we have read ourselves. S ‘‘But must in duty bound decline j “To let it figure on our shelves “The language is so full and free, “Just like the sort the soldiers used. “Folk who are sensitive might be “Disgusted rather than amused.” So they this book of war reject, Not heeding an indignant roar. With this remarkable effect That promptly sales begin to soar. I must take up this writing game— My opportunity’s at hand To leap to fortune and to fame— I’ll write a book and get it banned.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18804, 5 July 1929, Page 1
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152IT PAYS! Star (Christchurch), Issue 18804, 5 July 1929, Page 1
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