9 OCTOBER 1976, page 22

Garlic And Sapphires

Duncan Fallowell Chanel Edmonde Charles-Roux (Jonathan Cape £6.95) 'Hullo, Margot. Sorry I'm late.' 'Hullo, darling. What've you got there?' 'A new book on Chanel.' 'Oh yes, how......

Diminuendo

Nick Totton A Quiet Life Beryl Bainbridge (Duckworth £3.25) The Alteration Kingsley Amis (Jonathan Cape £3.50) A Quiet Lile might equally well have been named with another......