29 JANUARY 1983, page 24

Clubbing Together

Harriet Waugh The Scoop and Behind the Screen edited by Dorothy L. Sayers (Gollancz £6.95) T he Scoop and Behind the Screen are two novellas presented (rather in the manner of a......

Melodrama

Francis King A Bloodsmoor Romance Joyce Carol Oates (Cape £9.95) A ways ambiguous in aim and often wavering in execution, this is a rum book to come from one of the best and......