10 MAY 1986, page 36

Baffled By Blondes

Byron Rogers BARDOT, DENEUVE AND FONDA by Roger Vadim Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £10.95 T here is something very sad about this book. Its subtitle (and in the 1960s sub- titles were......

Laxfield

Pure winter and a barking dog Stands on the candied roadway is The only red brown patch in dawn's Powder blue and spider grey Until it stops and goes away Hard coal burns......

The Clash Of Empires

Brian Martin AN INSULAR POSSESSION by Timothy Mo Chatto, £9.95 A first glance, it might appear that this novel has been structured by a booty- hunter on the American market: it......