10 DECEMBER 1983, page 27

Violent Deaths

Adam Nicolson The New Compleat Angler Stephen Downes, illustrated by Martin Knowelden (Orbis £9.95) I saak Walton recommends a live yellow 'frog as the best bait when angling......

Domestic Bliss

Francis King Mates Tom Wakefield (Gay Men's Press 0.95) W hen, in The Importance of Being Earnest, Cecily asks Miss Prism whether her three-volume novel ended hap- pily, she......