H.E. Bates Companion

A posthumously-published reminiscence, in which Bates reflects on his start as a writer, his reading tastes, and the importance in his work of both imagination and a visual approach to writing. He discusses in some detail The Triple Echo, "Summer in Salander," and "The Proposal." With three photographs of Bates and family members. In the Daily Telegraph Magazine (April 5, 1974, pp. 27-33).