19 OCTOBER 1974, page 22

Fiction

The lower depths Peter Ackroyd Monsieur Lawrence Dun - ell (Faber and Faber £2.75) All of the best romances begin in France only to end somewhere else and Mr Durrell, not one to......

Talking Of Books

The garden of England Benny Green Whether or not God really wots that a garden is a lovesome thing I have no idea, but it is certainly a very literary thing. Peter Hunt's......

Bookbuyer's

Bookend Two book trade awards — as opposed to literary awards, of which there will be legion — are announced this week. They emanate from the Publishers Publicity Circle and are......