3 OCTOBER 1970, page 23

Hours Of Waking

Midnight: no beast, no forest. I a.m.: a small shape, Back turned, in a light sleep. 2: looks longingly, Stretches cold beside me. Suckers and coils ready. 3: is fifty-fingered,......

Thrillers

Facts of fiction PENELOPE HOUSTON The Penthouse Conspirators Chapman Pincher (Michael Joseph 35s) The Defector Charles CoRingwood (Hart4 Davis 30s) The Diamond Dress Owen John......

New Novels

Only connect BARRY COLE Two Sisters Gore Vidal (Heinemann 30s) The Carnal Island Roy Fuller (Deutsch The Assassination of Mozart David Wens (Hodder and Stoughton 42s) In a......