30 MARCH 1985, page 29

Too Good To Be True

John Biggs-Davison John Hume: Statesman of the Troubles Barry White (Blackstaff £10.95, £5.95) T his is not a definitive biography. It is rather an essay in interim hagiography.......

Look Sharpe

Stan Gebler Davies Krippendorf's Tribe Frank Parkin (Collins £7.95) Beef Wellington Blue Max Davidson (Heinemann £8.95) S ince Tom Sharpe has taken to imitating himself, it is......