4 DECEMBER 1971, page 15

Lettered Barbarians

Barbara Hardy In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Re-Definition of Culture George Steiner (Faber £1.75) In Bluebeard's Castle is exquisitely responsive to its title,......

Auberon Waugh On New Novels

Flash for Freedom George MacDonald Fraser (Barrie and Jenkins £1.75) The Umbrella Man Giles Gordon (Allison and Busby £2.10) The Christmas rush is now over and there is time to......