He is as afraid of these emotions as he is of their being detected. Anson is uncomplicated and unafraid. He is no aggressor either in love or war. He serves Tony faithfully and completely.

When published in England, this book had the usual tragic ending; the version released in America re-unites the friends. I have not read the English edition, but the deus ex machina which saved Tony in the later version satisfies me.

All the books I have mentioned were issued by first-line publishing houses and reviewed, generally favorably, in the usual places. Most of them have been given paperbacks. (It is amusing to note that the same "disturbed" boy appears in the cover-painting for both the Peters and Vidal paper-back editions.) Yet the publication of Quatrefoil by James Barr was almost a secret. Even when it was first out, it was difficult to obtain. I think I finally sent to the publisher. There were several (how large ?) printings before it was withdrawn, under pressure, it is reported. Why was Quatrefoil given such treatment? The material is no more sensational than that presented in many others of its kind. The literary style is better than most and the story itself is excellent. It might be argued that the point of view of the writer is too apparent, too objectionable to the censors. Censors cannot be argued with; but we can point out for each of their objections, parallels in any number of accepted books.

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The story line of Quatrefoil is well worked out. The study of Phillip's family background is comprehensive and the juggling of their money-power is a more than ordinarily interesting secondary theme. The foibles of life among Navy Brass has been done too many times and betbut Barr is accurate and convincing enough. His art-and-society set is not very entertaining but only an Oscar Wilde could make it so. Each reader will have his own opinion whether Phillip would have realized his homophile potential if he had not been "seduced" by Tim. Each will have to decide if Philip would have been wiser to retain his place in the family dynasty rather than to take his chances with Tim. And every reader will question the book's weak ending: Phillip thinks "though he might be capable of destroying himself, he knew that he "could never destroy that part of him which was Tim"-Tim, whom the author had already destroyed for no apparent reason. There is much in this book, however: a good story, well told; some explanations; some preachings. Now that the author's Derricks has been re-issued, maybe Greenberg will bring this one out again.

The only one of these books I would take surely with me to that desert is The Folded Leaf. The rest of them, however, I am happy to have in my library so that I may read them again in a year or two.

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