18 MARCH 1978, page 21

Nasrani

John Gretton Forbidden Sands Richard Trench (John Murray £4.95) The salt mines of the Sahara are less well known than those of Siberia, but they are no less unpleasant. In......

Old Wives' Tale

Benny Green Arnold Bennett: a Last Word Frank Swinnerton (Hamish Hamilton £4.95) The last time anyone fashioned a considerable work of art out of the private lives of a group of......