22 SEPTEMBER 1973, page 17

Richard Luckett On Chekhov's Sense Of Decency

It was Chekhov's friend Ivan Bunin who recorded of him that "he would make the most amusing remarks without a suspicion of a smile he loved mystifying people." But Chekhov's......

Sing High, Sing Low

Peter Ackroyd .A Woman in the Sky James Hanley (Andre Deutsch £2.25) A 'Temporary Life David Storey (Allen Lane £2.25) A Fairy Tale of New York J. P. Donleavy (Eyre Methuen......