Memoirs of a Dance-Hall Romeo: Memoirs of a Dance-Hall Romeo

Aspiring writer Oliver Shaw, recently demobbed from the British army in 1949, decides to devote his time to the pursuit of women. ``This slender yet interminable coming-of-age tale by immensely popular suspense novelist Higgins suggests only that the author shouldn't abandon his career in genre fiction just yet,'' noted PW. (July)