6 OCTOBER 1984, page 30

Café Society

Euan Cameron Saint-Germain-des-Pres Paul Webster and Nicholas Powell (Constable £9.95) W hat remains of Saint-Germain-des- Pr6s today? Not the quartier, of Co arse, where the......

White Sheep

Brian Masters The Spencers of Althorp Georgina Battiscombe (Constable £12.95) rr his handsomely produced and elegant - ly written book will be of interest to those who, not......

Chorus Line

Harriet Waugh Stars and Bars William Boyd (Hamish Hamilton £8.50) S tars and Bars is William Boyd's Amer- ican novel. The title evokes both the stars and stripes of the American......