26 MAY 2007, page 47

The Wild One

Caroline Baum was the last journalist to interview the writer Lesley Blanch, who died earlier this month Y ou can hardly blame a woman of 102 for being a bit hazy when it comes......

Ordering The Steps Of The Dance . . .

W riting a novel is a voyage into unknown territory. (Reading one is also, of course.) The author explores possibilities. To some extent even those novels which seem far removed......