4 SEPTEMBER 1993, page 29

Fairly Well Said, Old Mole

Alan Coren ADRIAN MOLE: THE WILDERNESS YEARS by Sue Townsend Methuen, £8.99, pp. 182 T he trouble with a kitten is that eventu- ally it becomes a cat, but what the hell, it is......

A Family And Its Good Fortune

Anita Brookner THE STONE DIARIES by Carol Shields Fourth Estate, f12.99, pp.361 have said that Mrs Flett recovered from the nervous torment she suffered some years ago, and yet......