10 DECEMBER 2005, page 31

Nearly A Burnt-out Case

Caroline Moore M ELVILLE : H IS W ORLD AND H IS W ORK by Andrew Delbanco Picador, £25, pp. 415, ISBN 033037107X ✆ £20 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 W ould-be artists clinging......