Apparently making his debut as a novelist, "Rajput" in "Khyber Calling!" (Hurst & Blackett, London, 7/6) tells a very realistic story of a soldier's life in the sinister country of the North-West Frontier of India So perfect are his descriptions of the buffer state separating India and Afghanistan that after putting down this book one can almost imagine oneself being part and parcel of the existence there, so vivid are the author's apt and well chosen words. The soldier's life is never a happy one in any station where restless tribes are continually indulging in
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