28 MAY 1994, page 38

Manners Maketh Boy?

Tom Shone THE FOLD I NG STAR by Alan Hollinghurst Chatto, £15.99, pp. 422 W hich contemporary British writer would refer to the stains that one finds on the sofa the morning......

Leaving The Sure Behind

Andro Linklater DEBATABLE LAND by Candia McWilliam Bloomsbury, £14.99, pp. 216 I travel for travel's sake', R. L. Steven- son wrote early in his career. 'The great affair is to......