LESBIANA

BY GENE DAMON

175. THE HAPPY MEDIUM BY LISSA CHARELL. COWARD, 1960; FAWCETT CREST, 1961.

EXCELLENT NOVEL OF THE TV INDUSTRY WHICH INCLUDES MAJOR LESBIAN AND MALE HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTERS. PRODUCES A REALISTIC, AGREEABLE ENDING FOR MOST PARTICIPANTS THE RATS GET THEIRS AND THE GOOD GET THEIR JUST REWARD. PLEASANT AND TIMELY.

176. THE SAVAGE SALOME BY CARTER BROWN. SIGNET, 1961. (HORWITZ PUBL., SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1960.)

RATHER FUNNY MYSTERY NOVEL ABOUT MURDER IN AN OPERA COMPANY. HELEN MILLS, THE PRIMA DONNA'S FAITHFUL SECRETARY, IS A MUCH MISTREATED LESBIAN. SHE GETS WISE TO HER MISTRESS AND DESERTS HER, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE FAITHFUL COTERIE OF BOTH SEXES.

177. A MINORITY BY GORDON WESTWOOD.

LONGMAN'S, GREEN, 1960.

A WHOLLY SYMPATHETIC AND APPROVING GROUP ANALYSIS OF THE MORES OF 127 MALE HOMOSEXUALS IN THE LONDON AREA. THE AUTHOR CLEARS UP SOME OF BERGLER'S IDIOTIC REMARKS AND SOME OF KINSEY'S. CONFUSION ABOUT LOVE AND SEX BEING ONE AND THE SAME THING.

178. THE SINGING AND THE GOLD BY CHARLOTTE MORROW LONDON. NEW AUTHORS LTD., 1960.

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ENCLOSED IN A POIGNANT NOVEL OF YOUNG HETEROSEXUAL ROMANCE IS A LENGTHY PORTRAIT OF AN ARISTOCRATIC OLDER LESBIAN, "HENRY," WHO HAS "BURNT OUT HER EMOTIONS IN LIFE," FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE UNHAPPY HEROINE AND TRIEB HARD TO HELP HER. WELL DONE, PARTICULARLY IN SHOWING GREAT SYMPATHY TO HENRY AND DEPICTING HENRY'S LOVE FOR THE YOUNGER GIRL IN A TASTEFUL AND EXCITING MANNER. PUBLISHER COMPARES THE BOOK TO OLIVIA, AND THE STYLE OF WRITING IS SIMILAR.