22 JUNE 1974, page 20

Fiction

Against the grain Peter Ackroyd Amarcord Frederico Fellini with Tonino Guerra (Abelard-Schuman £2.50) Boy Christine de Rivoyre (Hamish Hamilton £2.75) The Cockatoos Patrick......

Talking Of Books

Oh, Henry! Benny Green 0. Henry is no longer a very fashionable writer. No critic or reviewer ever so much as mentions him; the implication being that no intellectual or weekend......

Bookbuyer's

Bookend When, a year ago, Bookend cast a disapprov i a_ t eye at publishers who did not appear to 0e , paying their authors on time, Mr Desinol Briggs wrote to suggest that a......