1 DECEMBER 1990, page 35

Anne Chisholm

Unoriginally but unavoidably, my most satisfying and pleasurable read for a long time was provided by A.S. Byatt's Possess- ion (Chatto, £13.95). A capacious book of great......

John Mcewen

Best Books: Crop Circles: The Latest Evidence by Pat Delgado and Colin Andrews (Bloomsbury, £5.99). A stun- ningly illustrated and cheap picture book about surely the greatest......

Christmas Books Ii

Books of the Year A further selection of the best and most overrated books of the year, chosen by some of The Spectator's regular contributors Denis Hills In The Other Russia by......