chist. Another lost soul appears in the story within the story the movie director who keeps a blonde beauty cloistered in nude pagan style. Not a lost soul is the narrator's sophisticated girl friend. The narrator's descent into the "half world" (gay world) begins one night when he is escorting his girl friend in the homo-infested night life of Manhattan's cafe society. Although his descent may be too swift and easy, the conflict within his mind provides the saving grace of a hint of drama. "Night phantoms" cruise 3rd Ave. at intervals of a few yards (!) and the habitues of the 3rd Ave. bar signal their desires according to a code (?). No, all this doesn't quite ring trueor, it is true in the sense that a caricature is true. The novel has the ingredients of a sensational, superficial and entertaining story; these ingredients are handled with some skill; and the pace is lively throughout. Even the misspelled words are interesting. If the author would descend further, he might tell tales as good as those in the Satyricon.

Edward Denison

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