15 SEPTEMBER 2001, page 44

A Morbid Procedure

Anita Brookner ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan Cape, £16.99, pp. 372, ISBN 0224062522 T he scene is reassuring, even familiar: a substantial house in Surrey, set in extensive parkland.......

Stalag Revisited

Leaving the car beside the road we trudged the track Through trees; now and then like shots the crack Of trodden twigs. No going back on going back. We reached the clearing:......