5 MARCH 1994, page 39

We Order This Matter Better In England

Andro Linklater A HISTORY OF MEN'S FASHION by Farid Chenoune Flammarion, £50, pp. 336 I f it was shame that drove Adam to cover his nakedness, what prompted him to make his......

Only The Sultan Is Vile

Tom Hiney PARADISE by Abdulrazak Gurnah Hamish Hamilton, £14.99, pp. 247 I don't know if there is a perfume or aftershave called 'Zanzibar', but there cer- tainly should be.......