21 JANUARY 1995, page 35

Never Mind The Quality, Feel The Depth

Nigel Spivey THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS HOBBES edited by Noel Malcolm OUP, 2 volumes, £60 each, pp. 586, pp. 510 T hese are not volumes for the vulgar mob. As their editor......

Books

Another guided tour-de-force Philip Hensher THE AFTERLIFE by John Updike Hamish Hamilton, £14.99, pp. 315 U pdike (one of those competent American writers I can't really read)......