4 OCTOBER 1975, page 19

Saint And Sinner

Christopher Hollis Evelyn Waugh Christopher Sykes (Collins £5.50) It would be hardly sane to attempt a biography of Evelyn Waugh after the fashion of Victorian hagiography,......

Dog Days

Malcolm Bradbury _ Thurber: A Biography Burton Bernstein (Gollancz £6.50) James Thurber was one of the great modern humorists — "a loose-fitting and ugly word," he said, and one......