18 JUNE 1994, page 38

The Good Fairy And The Goddess

Frederic Raphael LOVING GARBO by Hugo Vickers Cape, £19.99, pp. 320 I n heaven, they say, there is neither marriage nor giving in marriage, though the elect will have to wait......

God's Estate

Our tower block's a temple, Our flat a private shrine, The urine in the stair-wells The sacramental wine. The pushers on the walkways Evangelists of crack Have promised once......