The Ha-Ha

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'A very fine first novel. Dawson writes very well, with . . . a poetic perception of how tremulous is the distinction between the mad world and the sane.' - "Glasgow Herald" 'A remarkably talented first novel . . . Miss Dawson is neither sentimental nor sensational . . . Her heroine is a convincing and sympathetic character, and when her mind begins to shift into the nightmare perspective of schizophrenia the writing creates an atmosphere of quiet terror.' - "Observer" 'Cool, short, tender and occasionally as prettily ruthless as the impact of a stiletto heel . . . twice as alarming because everything is implied rather than explicit.' - "Tatler" 'A cool, clever, well-constructed novel about the nature of reality . . . Miss Dawson writes very well indeed . . . [B]rilliant.' - Penelope Mortimer, "Sunday Times" 'A novel about madness which succeeds completely.' - "Daily Telegraph" 'A little masterpiece.' - "Bookman" 'I wanted the knack of existing. I did not know the rules.' So says Josephine, the heroine of ...