"A book I greatly admire." - Graham Greene
"One of the most interesting first novels I have read for some time. Short and dramatic, and written with a fine simplicity. I could not put it down until I knew all that was to happen that Saturday night." - "Sunday Times"
"A first novel of outstanding merit . . . In Mr. Hampson we have a new writer of strong and wholly original talent." - Harold Nicolson, "Daily Express"
"A masterpiece of character drawing." - "Daily Sketch"
Sinister and scheming Mrs. Tapin has seen fourteen landlords come and go at the Greyhound, an old pub...