5 JUNE 1976, page 23

Hardly

Roy Fuller An indiscretion in the Life of an Heiress Thomas Hardy (Hutchinson £2.95) Hardy's first novel comes down to us as though the manuscript had, since its final rejection......

Flying Too High

Brigid Brophy Ernest K. Gann's Flying Circus Ernest Gann (Hodder and Stoughton £7.50) Who is Ernest K. Gann ? Critics of style will get the answer in one: a committee consisting......