24 NOVEMBER 1973, page 20

The Castle Grounds

Frank Field Franz Kafka Ronald Gray (CUP £4.10) In his famous study of Kafka published in The Disinherited Mind Erich Heller, while vigorously attacking the views of those who......

Sabotage Daddy

Charles Nicholl Nightmare Culture: Lautreamont and Les Chants de Maldoror Alex de Jonge (Secker and Warburg £2.75) IT IS time Lautr6amont came out of hiding. It is ninety nine......

Children's Books

Sandra Paul Taking a fresh look at selected children's books I cannot help wondering why so many are written about old-fashioned children living in bygone decades. Perhaps it is......