▁by ▁L inds ay ▁Anderson ▁ ▁" A ▁sense ▁of ▁crisis " ▁by ▁Stuart ▁Hol ro yd ▁ ▁Public ation ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁through ▁Mac G ib bon ▁& ▁K ee ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁success ▁in ▁its ▁day . ▁An ▁American ▁edition ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁by ▁E . ▁P . ▁D utton . ▁A ▁sequ el , ▁Con v iction , ▁this ▁time ▁edited ▁by ▁Norman ▁Mac K en zie , ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Mac G ib bon ▁& ▁K ee ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Virginia ▁P . ▁H eld ▁of ▁The ▁Re porter ▁described ▁the ▁book ▁as ▁" ch ief ly ▁valuable ▁as ▁an ▁expression ▁of ▁a ▁generation ", ▁which ▁she ▁called ▁" an ▁up - from - zero ▁generation ". ▁H eld ▁elabor ated : ▁The ▁critics ▁have ▁almost ▁exclus ively ▁str essed ▁the ▁n ih il ism ▁of ▁these ▁' ang ry ▁young ▁men ,' ▁often ▁using ▁the ▁label ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁rid ic ule ▁them , ▁and ▁in ▁doing ▁so ▁have ▁missed ▁the ▁point . ▁It ▁isn ' t ▁their ▁n ih il ism ▁that ▁distingu ishes ▁these ▁writers , ▁but ▁their ▁unw illing ness ▁to ▁remain ▁n ih il ists . ▁The ▁zero ▁is ▁where ▁they ▁start , ▁not ▁where ▁they ▁end ▁up ; ▁they ▁know ▁they ▁must ▁move ▁up ▁from ▁it ▁somehow . ▁ ▁Les lie ▁A . ▁F ied ler ▁wrote ▁in ▁the