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"the queen" have formed such an
underworld - which I doubt - I
would assume that a former "queer,"
a renegade,
10
to speak, would in–
form. What are these "cabalistic"
signs? Would Mr. MacInnes in–
form us, or has he promised the
"queers" not to "tell" on them?
The amount of information that
we are able to gather in our lives is
,mall. The number of people that
we
can know, to any depth, is also
diminutive. We are not to blame
for this.
It
is the human condition.
As a novelist Mr. MacInnes is ob–
liged to invent. However he should
be
warned, when he steps into the
field of journalism, that
if
he in–
vents, his inventions may collide
wi
th
existing
reali
tics.
Leo Sklr
LIBERAL
SIRS:
If
Mr. Skir would do me the
kindness of reading my
Jun, In H"
Spring
(London, MacGibbon
&;
Kee,
1952, or Ace Books 1960), he
will
learn why I am able to write on
this theme with understanding. The
other matters in his letter are al–
ready answered, by anticipation, in
the article he criticizes, had he been
able to read it with intelligence and
imagination.
Colin Macinnes
EDITORS' NOTE:
"The Western Theme," by Robert
B.
Heilman, which appeared in the
March-April, 1961 issue of PR, or–
iginally appeared in the
Northw,st
Review.
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