17 OCTOBER 1998, page 43

A Choice Of Recent Thrillers

Harriet Waugh R uth Rendell's A Sight for Sore Eyes (Hutchinson, £16.99) is a departure from her other psychological thrillers. There is a pithy, grim, satirical edge to her......

Excellent Fun In Papua New Guinea

Philip Glazebrook THROWIM WAY LEG by Tim Flannery Weidenfeld, £20, pp. 326 T his jaunty book is an account by the Australian biologist Tim Flannery of 16 vis- its to Papua New......