26 MARCH 1977, page 24

Passion Fruit

Peter Ackroyd The Passion of New Eve Angela Carter (Gollancz £3.95) Flight Without End Joseph Roth (Peter Owen £4.25) Now that the conventional realistic novel has been embalmed......

Old Complainer

Benny Green Instead of the Trees J. B. Priestley (Heinemann £3.50) Priestley's latest book is subtitled 'A Final Chapter of Autobiography, which implies that we have already had......