13 JULY 1974, page 22

Fiction

America lost Peter Ackroyd Ninety-Two In The Shade Thomas McGuane (Collins £2.50) The Limit Rosalind Belben (Hutchinson £2.45) McGuane's novel is set in the riverrunning heart......

Bookbuyer's

Bookend As predicted in Bookend last March, the house of Barrie and Jenkins has finally fallen into the hands of Communica-Europa, the Swiss-based company headed by old Etonian......

Talking Of Books

Relative values Benny Green I am not familiar with the fictions of Miss Dodie Smith. Apart from the rapt attention I once paid in my teens to a Saturday night radio performance......