19 DECEMBER 1981, page 33

The New Alan Paton

Caroline Moorehead Ah, but your land is beautiful Alan Paton (Jonathan Cape pp. 271, £6.95) Tar Baby Toni Morrison (Chatto & Windus pp. 309, £6.95) Where were you at Waterloo?......

Sam Jones's Selection

Brian Patten V ietnam has fallen; Saigon has been re-named. Stern-faced teachers from the North have arrived to re-educate the children. At school, Ly, the daughter of, a......