13 JUNE 1931, Page 25

THESE CHARACTERS ARE IMAGINARY. By Richard Strachey. (Gollancz. 7s. 6d.)—Mr.

Strachey decorates his account of these imaginary " vile bodies " who haunt the studios and restaurants off Tottenham Court Road, with egregious " James Joyce " interludes. His next book should be the better for this mental purge.