H.E. Bates Companion

London: Michael Joseph, 1968. Bates's last collection of novellas contains a slight comic piece, an action-packed South Seas adventure, a semi-autobiographical remembrance of a young reporter and his loves, and an exploration of a dark love triangle. The collection was included in Country and Other Matters.

Reviews:
Books and Bookmen (April 1968, p. 30, David Spiller, attached)
Spectator (March 8, 1968, p. 299, Martin Seymour-Smith, attached)
Times (March 16, 1968, p. 22, Judith Frankel, attached)
Times Literary Supplement (April 4, 1968, p. 333, D.A.N. Jones, attached)

Contains: The Simple Life; The Four Beauties; The Chords of Youth; The White Wind.