11 JULY 1992, page 31

A Tale Told By An Expert, Signifying Too Much

James Walton THEY CAME FROM SW19 by Nigel Williams Faber, £14.99, pp. 250 I n which Nigel Williams, clearly encour- aged by the success of his last novel, The Wimbledon......

By Sheer Will-power

John Jolliffe THE HOUR OF THE WOMEN by Christian von Krockow, from an oral narrative by Libussa Fritz-Krockow Faber, £14.99, pp. 214 T his gruelling story starts cheerfully......