stroke of irony, that they were made into judges.'

He was more astonished, but heartened, to discover how he was received back in all circles without prejudice. after his release. He was bemused by the general effects of his imprisonment. Far from curing his anomaly, the prison conditions were at best such as to encourage it, and by his trial and imprisonment, he was actually set up as the chief spokesman in England for the homosexual cause. And this book is eloquent evidence that bigotry against homo sexuals may unwittingly have produced one of the best spokesman for the homosexual.

Lyn Pedersen

THE JUNGLE OF LOVE

Robin Maugham

This new novel of Robin Maugham (known for his other books of deep psychological insight: The Servant, Line on Ginger, and The Rough and the Smooth) presents a very interesting and sympathetic picture of a homosexual.

It should not be missed by anyone who is interested in literature which deals with the homosexual problem with realism and sensitivity.

The vehicle is rather banal. . .but perhaps it is meant to be, since the story is presented from the point of view of a hack script-writer who has uncommon love for his fellowman in his heart and resignation to artistic defeat in his mind. This approach, however, causes the gallant homosexual to stand out like a diamond woven into a rug of dried grass.

The book is full of little ironies and asides on the hypocritical and self-righteous attitudes prevalent among heterosexuals. One of the choice lancets was. . .‘During the long night it had occurred to me that if we were less tolerant of cruelty and more tolerant of illicit love the world might be a happier place.' (p. 110)

To tell the plot would be to lessen the effect of the story.

--Sten Russell