5 NOVEMBER 1983, page 29

Bosnian Ways

Richard West Djilas: The Progress of a Revolutionary Stephen Clissold (Temple Smith £15) W hen the Yugoslav Communist Party, in 1936, was crushed by a wave of arrests, and its......

Drab Tales

Christopher Hawtree Mae West is Dead Edited by Adam Mars-Jones (Faber & Faber f10, £3.50) I t would have made a more interesting piece of television than books usually receive......

Spine Chillers

Patrick - Skene Catling Ghost Stories selected by Susan Hill (Hamish Hamilton £7.95) The Woman in Black Susan Hill (Hamish Hamilton £7.95) A Gallery of Horror edited by Charles......