10 APRIL 1976, page 23

Gin And Lime-light

Richard Shone Edmund Kean: Fire from Heaven Raymund FitzSimons (Hamish Hamilton £5.25) He was obviously intolerable—`a copperlaced, twopenny tearmouth, rendered mad by conceit......

Sick

Harriet Waugh The Verdict Hildegard Knef (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £5.50) Illness is one of the hardest subjects for writers to tackle successfully—especially their own......