23 NOVEMBER 1991, page 46

Before The Revolution

Andrew Graham-Yooll THE CAMPAIGN by Carlos Fuentes Deutsch, £14.99, pp. 246 A novel set in the early years of Latin America's emancipation from Spain is an entertaining idea and......

First Time Out

Celestria Noel t is brave to make a real person who only died in 1966 the narrator of a novel. Is the result genuine fiction? In the case of Alma Cogan the answer is yes. Gordon......

Sloane Street Flats

Twice now, middle to old men wearing indoor clothes and crows feet have worried outside their open doors, said my casual slamming wakes an inside sick woman. Today, I make my......