7 AUGUST 1982, page 22

Barth Time

Barbara Trapido T he nicest thing about John Barth's Sabbatical is the personality of its two heroes, Fenn and Susan, who sparkle from its pages, bringing their informed wit to......

Sky-pilot

David Williams T homas Hardy wrote his first novel, The Poor Man and the Lady and offered it to Chapman and Hall. There it was read by Fred Chapman's long-serving reader George......

The Enemy

Peter Kemp H istory is on our side. We will bury you', Kruschev warned the West in ovember 1956, just after he had crushed t he Hungarian Revolution. Whether his t YPically......

This Week's Contributors Peter Ackroyd Is Writing A Book...

T. S. Eliot. Peter Quennell's Customs and Characters will be published this autumn. David Williams will soon publish a life of George Borrow. A biography of George Henry Lewes......