15 MARCH 1986, page 30

Laughter From The Bedroom

Christopher Hawtree HOMAGE TO QWERT YUIOP by Anthony Burgess Century Hutchinson, £19.95 I . t is fitting that Anthony Burgess's pub- lishers should not have bothered to send out......

From Cathbad The Druid To Plastic

Roy Kerridge PUCK OF THE DROMS: THE LIVES AND LITERATURE OF THE IRISH TINKERS by Artelia Court University of California Press, £21.25 N ot long ago, I saw a pack of wild dogs,......