4 OCTOBER 1975, page 20

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......

Man Of Parts

George Gale Nicholas Tomalin Reporting. With an introduction by Ron Hall (Andre Deutsch £4.95) Nicholas Tomalin was killed in the Golan Heights on October 17, 1973, reporting......

Fiction

Pleasure principle Peter Ackroyd The Peacock Spring Burner Godden (Macmil lan £3.95) The Violent Brink Anthony Beevor (John Murray £3.50) Burial of the Vine Petru Popescu......