Ludovic Kennedy
I greatly enjoyed — as I'm sure all lovers of R.L.S. will — Dead Man's Chest by Nicholas Rankin, (Faber, £9.95) in which the author follows the trail of the master from Heriot......
Books Of The Year
A selection of the best and most overrated books of the year chosen by some of The Spectator's regular reviewers. Peter Quennell This year I have read some highly informa- tive......
Richard Ingrams
A new novel by Brian Moore is always something to look forward to. I devoured The Colour of Blood (Cape, £10.95) at a single gulp — a brilliant piece of writing which should of......
Cohn Thubron
The most memorable book of my year, Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines (Cape, £10.95), is distinguished by that least Brit- ish of traits: intellectual passion. A mélange of fiction,......
Francis King
I had been looking forward to Claire Tomalin's Katherine Mansfield (Viking, £14.95) for a long time. She brings out the flashy and rubbishy elements in both the character and......
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