5 MAY 1979, page 30

J.p.r.

Alan Watkins OR: an Autobiography J.P.R. Williams (Collins £5.95) Since 1945 Wales has produced four great full backs: in order of time, Lewis Jones, Terry Davies, Terry Price......

Gold Medal

Paul Ableman Good as Gold Joseph Heller (Cape £4.95) A few weeks ago, I was hailing John Updike's The Coup as a masterpiece. Clearly, a critic shouldn't pluck masterpieces out......