18 JANUARY 1957, page 27

New Novels

THE CHARITY BALL. By Egon Hostovsky. (Heine- mann, 13s. 6d.) FEW novels apart from the avowedly realist take much notice—much specific, practical notice, that is—of things like......

Passengers

Their blank and everyday disguise Hides nothing that I do not know, And though I cannot see their eyes, Blank pools of nothing lie below. Lost in a private darkness, these Slide......