14 MARCH 1987, page 34

Saying It Without Music

Rupert Christiansen KOBBE'S COMPLETE OPERA BOOK edited by the Earl of Harewood Bodley Head, f30 T he easiest way to convince oneself that opera is a silly business is to read a......

Letters From

a kidnapped prime minister Caroline Moorehead THE MORO AFFAIR AND THE MYSTERY OF MAJORANA by Leonardo Sciascia Carcanet, f9.95 V ery soon after the body of Aldo Moro was found......