3 NOVEMBER 1979, page 20

Satirical

A.N. Wilson Peacock Displayed: A Satirist in his Context Marilyn Butler (Rout ledge £10.95) Peacock's novels summon up a world as agreeable as it is possible to imagine. We are......

Flannel

Simon Raven The Willow Wand: Some Cricket Myths Explored Derek Birley (MacDonald £7.50) The Cricket Captains of England Alan Gibson (Cassell £7.95) 'You drop t hat catch,......

Smith's Regime

Robert Blake The Past Is Another Country: Rhodesia 1890-1979 Martin Meredith (Deutsch E9.95) The very recent past is always the part of history on which there is least......