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Day On The Rand

In the Absence of Mrs Petersen. By Nigel Balchin. (Collins, 21s.) No, John, No. By Cressida Lindsay, (Blond, 25s.) Way Out. By Louis Charbonneau. (Barrie and Rockliff, 18s.)......

International Money Galore Eculamr '111 001 -1 V

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT rrife speed of international monetary reform I is not that of the tortoise—with the lightning sterling hare running round in circles—but that of the snail.......

It's A Crime

The Bait, by Lionel Black (Cassell, 18s.). This is superb thriller entertainment. Its exciting plot unfolds at the steady but inexorable speed of a fizzing time-fuse, with the......