4 JUNE 1977, page 23

The Limit

Peter Ackroyd Peter Smart's Confessions Paul Bailey (Jonathan Cape 23.95) The Consul's File Paul Theroux (Hamish Hamilton £3.95) When the qualities of two novelists are......

Bumps In The Night

Benny Green Night Visitors Julia Briggs (Faber £6.95) If! say I disagree vehemently with almost every one of Julia Briggs's conclusions as to the nature of ghost stories, if I......