10 MAY 1997, page 39

Not A Capital Tale

Ian Thomson LONDON: THE NOVEL by Edward Rutherfurd Century, £16.99, pp. 829 T here should be an Achievement Award printed on the last page of this book for anyone patient enough......

Running On Empty

Tom Hiney GREAT APES by Will Self Bloomsbury, £15.99, pp. 404 i ll Self is the writer who was sacked by the Observer for failing to deny that he had taken heroin on the Prime......