![]() ![]() Miranda was an art student, and she haunted the thoughts and the dreams of Frederick Clegg. It bought him a van in which to search for rare fritillaries. It rid him of his Aunt Annie and his cousin Mabel, who had long wanted to visit the family in Australia. The Midas shower of gold which fell upon him did several things. His one outlet was a collection of butterflies. He was an unattractive fellow, crippled by "higher aspirations," prudish, plain, dull, tasteless, victim of a noncomformist conscience and a dormant imagination. A spell in the Pay Corps and a minor job at the Town Hall had ill equipped him for life. Somewhere in his middle twenties, Frederick Clegg won $200,000 and more in the football pools. The theme of "The Collector," if bizarre, is transparent. There is no room in itįor the least hesitation, the smallest false note, for not only is it written in the first person singular, but its protagonist is a very special case indeed. ![]() He has written a novel which depends for its effect on total acceptance by the reader. JObsession's Prisoners By ALAN PRYCE-JONES ![]()
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