27 OCTOBER 1967, page 14

Paths To Glory

NIGEL NICOLSON 'Consanguinity,' wrote a reviewer of Winston's life of his father, 'is by no means a recommen- dation for the post of biographer.' On the contrary, it is rather a......

Beyond The Oxgrave Mid-autumn Books

ANTHONY BURGESS 'Oxgrave'; it's a useful portmanteau but it suggests a full-bloodedness that isn't really a ppropriate—rivers of gore enriching the earth where the great beasts......