15 NOVEMBER 1975, page 23

Fiction

Modern times Peter Ackroyd The History Man Malcolm Bradbury (Secker and Warburg £3.50) High-Rise J. G. Ballard (Jonathan Cape £2.95) Enter the giant race before the Flood, the......

Talking Of Books

Booker fun Benny Green I have been reading the two novels shortlisted for the next Booker Prize, and every moment of my scrutiny has been coloured by my admiration for the......

Bookend

I have often wondered exactly which corner of cloud cuckooland houses the contributors to lain Hamilton's New Review. But an article in last month's issue convinces me that at......