30 OCTOBER 1982, page 25

Love For Sale

Harriet Waugh An English Madam Paul Bailey I n the last few years literary 'ghosts' k have been coming out of their closets by h aving their names firmly placed on the title......

Dead Souls

Alan Bookbinder USSR: Secrets of a Corrupt Society Konstantin Simis (Dent £8.95) I f a Russian wants to show you how short- ages, inefficiency and corruption are crippling the......