Nalle asked Malleson: "Who likes B's stories?" Malleson said that she saw a review by Angus Wilson, who she thinks must be a close friend of John Russell. When she read Angus Wilson's last novel (Hemlock and After) she thought it must have been written by John "... under a nom de plume. The main character, Sands, was not unlike B. (except that Wilson made him a homosexual)." (S. Turcon note)