4 SEPTEMBER 1971, page 13

John Wood On A Major Economic Fallacy

Why England Sleeps John Cockcroft (Arlington Books £2.25) Britain's Economic Prospects Reconsidered edited by Sir Alec Cairncross (Allen and Unwin £3.25) The ball and chain......

Nicholas Richardson On Crime Fiction

Dig the Grave and Let him Lie John Wainwright (Macmillan £1.50). Grim Death and the Barrow Boys Joan Fleming (Collins £1.25). Cold War in a Country Garden Lindsay Gutteridge......