15 FEBRUARY 1986, page 27

Mourning Becomes An Electra

Francis King ADVENTURES IN THE ALASKAN SKIN TRADE by John Hawkes Chatto &Windus, £9.95 T he 'skin trade' of the title of John Hawkes's rich, robust, tumultuous new novel is both......

Arts

Opera Second time round Rodney Milnes Faust (Covent Garden) W hen Jonathan Miller's production of Mozart's opera was first staged in Glasgow three years ago I rather haughtily......