14 DECEMBER 1996, page 68

Axes And Teeth Being Ground

Thomas Blaikie A VICIOUS CIRCLE by Amanda Craig Fourth Estate, £15.99, pp. 367 A t last! At last! For six months now the literary world has tremulously awaited Amanda Craig's......

The Hunting Of The Quark

Michael Bywater EINSTEIN: A LIFE by Denis Brian John Wiley, £18.99, pp. 509 I f you did well at school, you got into the scholarship year, and then they told you secrets, things......