13 SEPTEMBER 1986, page 32

Another Little Drink Wouldn't Do Us Any Good

Anita Brookner THE OLD DEVILS by Kingsley Amis Hutchinson, f9.95 h e old devils of the title are a party of not too viable friends, on the wrong side of 60, who spend the days......

Poem For An Anniversary Lakes — 1985

Thirteen years since I was gift- wrapped for you, swathed in fine white tissue like some delicate ornament for you to stroke and hold. Dream-slowly, I waded through the folds......

Home Thoughts From A Bawd

Roger Lewis THE PIANOPLAYERS by Anthony Burgess Hutchinson f8.95 W hilst awaiting Anthony Burgess's autobiography (Little Wilson provisional title) and even my own biography......