6 MAY 1989, page 29

Insoluble Colour Problem

Lucasta Miller THE RAINBOW STORIES by William T. Vol[mann Deutsch, £12.95, pp.541 ude, I want to tell you about your story... because it f---ing sucks'. This is how William T.......

Looking Out From Georgetown

Jo Grimond SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS by Henry Brandon Macmillan, £16.95, pp.436 K ennedy and Kissinger, Roosevelt and Rusk, all the stars of the New England upper crust' — if Mr......

The Builder's House

This was Mills the builder's house: outhouse after outhouse at the back as if from the start he was travelling out. The kitchen, a shack at the side, had a stove and cold tap,......