26 FEBRUARY 1977, page 21

Wasted

Sebastian Faulks The Lake Yasunari Kawabata (Peter Owen £3.95) The Wile Judith Burnley (Heinemann £2.90) The Rich Are With You Always Malcolm Macdonald (Hodder and Stoughton......

Bumbling

Benny Green The Great Boer War Byron Farwell (Allen Lane £7.50) The Boer War was one of those affairs whose military significance was destined by subsequent events to be dwarfed......