Collier's second novel
Several reviews and notices of Collier's third novel, Defy the Foul Fiend, or The Misadventure of a Heart (see), contrast this second with his first, usually as a disappointment.
Evidently the first and third feature amusing, satirical commentary on the current scene.
London correspondence in one US newspaper observed that "he was not content to repeat a success, and his second book Tom's A-Cold was a peep into a somewhat bleak future for the human race."
--Frank Swinnerton, Chi. Tribune 1934-06-30 p6
- 1st ed. of the novel
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"No statement of printing on copyright page. Issued later in the US as Full Circle." - Currey
