Who is the least likely writer to protest against the universally hostile reception for Across the River and into the Trees in 1950? Who answered the gleeful vitriol with considered appreciation? Clue: the review was in the Tablet.

Who is the least likely writer to protest against the universally hostile reception for Across the River and into the Trees in 1950? Who answered the gleeful vitriol with considered appreciation? Clue: the review was in the Tablet.