11 JUNE 1977, page 18

Behind Figaro

Alex de Jonge Beaumarchais Frederic Grendel trans Richard Greaves (MacDonald and Jane's £6.95) The passion entertained by the eighteenth century for memoirs, secret memoirs,......

A Special Breed Of Men

Patrick Marnham Art Anti-Art Helene Parmelin (Marion Boyars 0.50) The Tate's bricks are on show again though judging by the lack of response, they seem to have lost their......