15 SEPTEMBER 1979, page 24

Good And Nasty

Paul Ableman The German Company Norman Lewis (Collins £5.95) 'Has it ever occurred to you to ask yourself. the basic reason for all these unpleasant things that happen?' 'It's......

A Close Encounter Of The Anonymous Kind

Francis King When Alicia Jurado, the dominant Argentine woman writer of today, offered to take me to see Jorge Luis Borges, I felt exactly as I did, many years ago, when Olivia......