17 NOVEMBER 1973, page 18

Scimewhere Over The Novel

Peter Ackroyd Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pynchon (Jonathan Cape £3.95) Americans are not known for their reticence, and American critics will not murmur when a roar will do. So it......

Conflict Without Malice

John Groser 'I've Lived Through It All Emanuel Shinwell (Gollancz £4.00) With this second bite at the cherry—followers of Emanuel Shinwell's rumbustious career will recall his......