27 FEBRUARY 1988, page 29

Xanadu In Northampton

J. L. Carr PENFRIENDS FROM PORLOCK by A. N. Wilson Hamish Hamilton, £14.95 T hese are reprints of interruptions to Mr Wilson's real writing-life, his 15 or 16 volumes of fiction......

Heartily Sorry For These And Others

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