24 SEPTEMBER 1988, page 45

Not Only Chased But Chaste

Nicholas Lezard THE PARADISE EATER by John Ralston Saul Grafton, f10.95, pp. 270 T o paraphrase Ezra Pound, it isn't the poison bottled and labelled as such that is dangerous,......

Thrills On A Wet Afternoon

Harriet Waugh THE HOUSE OF STAIRS by Barbara Vine Viking, £11.95, pp. 282 BROUGHT TO BOOK by Tim Heald Macmillan, f9.95, pp. 184 HOODWINK by Paula Gosling Macmillan, £9.95, pp.......