3 JANUARY 1998, page 28

The Spectator B Ookshop

All the books reviewed here are available from THE SPECTATOR BOOKSHOP Underworld (Picador) by Don DeLille is published on 9 January and will be available for the special price......

The Old Story Served Fresh

David Irvine THE ULTIMATE INTIMACY by Ivan Klima Granta, £12.99, pp. 387 I n his novel, Love and Garbage, Klima's narrator says on the subject of writing: I still believe that......

What Is Gained In Interpretation

James Treadwell A DIRECTOR CALLS by Wendy Lesser Faber, £9.99, pp. 257 by Wendy Lesser Faber, £9.99, pp. 257 A udiences are no longer frightened by the mere mention of......