16 JUNE 1967, page 18

Playing With Fire

RAYNER IIEPPENSTALL The Son of a Servant August Strindberg translated with an ,introduction and notes by Evert Sprinchorn (Cape 35s) Letters to the Intimate Theatre August......

Down To Earth

JOHN ROWAN WILSON I suppose every ambitious young novelist nowadays must be wondering whether he wouldn't be well advised to abandon the weari- some search for new fictional......

Hindu Crush

• ANTHONY BURGESS My dear old Tony, Read any good books lately, as they say? I've been positively devouring old Chris's new novel, and I think you'd make like fury with the old......