23 SEPTEMBER 1995, page 40
One Great Moment, One Great Line
Norman Stone LIFE SENTENCE by Hartley Shawcross Constable, £20, pp. 346 N ostalgia for the Fifties is in order. You could rent a flat in Hampstead for £3 per week, the Bayswater......
Twisting The Knife Away
Penelope Lively YESTERDAY IN THE BACK LANE by Bernice Rubens Little, Brown, £15.99, pp 247 A s an admirer of resounding opening sentences I warmed at once to this: 'My name is......