From the NS archive: The villain
7 January 1922: The real villain is a contradiction of normal life – a contradiction so extravagant that he seems at times a grotesque invention.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
7 January 1922: The real villain is a contradiction of normal life – a contradiction so extravagant that he seems at times a grotesque invention.
By R Lynd