15 SEPTEMBER 1979, page 23

Nomad's World

Jeffrey Meyers Desert, Marsh and Mountain Wilfred ThesIger (Collins £9.95) For nearly 50 years Wilfred Thesigcr has lived among tribal people in remote and hostile places, in......

Autumn Poetry

Emma Fisher Pasts Paul Wilkins (Carcanet 22) Memorials of the Quick and the Dead Maureen Duffy (Hamish Hamilton £4.95) The Pain and the Pleasure Derek Bourne-Jones (Downlander......

Good And Nasty

Paul Ableman The German Company Norman Lewis (Collins £5.95) 'Has it ever occurred to you to ask yourself. the basic reason for all these unpleasant things that happen?' 'It's......