10 FEBRUARY 1979, page 23

Nag, Nag, Nag

Alan Watkins Mr Secretary of State Brian Sedgemore (Quartet £4.95) The political novel, especially perhaps the English political novel, is a notoriously tricky genre. Trollope......

Scale Practice

Paul Ableman A Field of Scarlet Poppies Jennifer Dawson (Quartet E4.95) 'When you went to the refrigerator to get out some milk you saw that two bottles of barley wine had gone......