19 DECEMBER 1987, page 71

Painter In Words

John McEwen FISHERMAN'S FOLLY by `BB' Boydell Press, £4.95 I n recent years 'BB' has not been well served by his various publishers, and the Boydell Press here proves no......

My Family And Other Monsters

David Sexton THE COLLECTED STORIES OF ANGUS WILSON Seeker, L12.95 A nita Brookner once explained that she began writing fiction in order 'to control rather than be controlled,......