6 DECEMBER 1980, page 24

The Conquest Of The North Atlantic G. J. Marcus The...

Over there Eric Christiansen The Conquest of the North Atlantic G. J. Marcus (Boydell Press £9.95; £11.95 after 31 December) The Hessians Rodney Atwood (Cam- bridge £12.50)......

The Other Side Stanley Middleton

Intimacies Francis King The Other Side Stanley Middleton (Hutch- inson £5.95) Some people write short novels for the same reason that some people take short walks: they have not......