Dark Days at the DEA
Samuel Brittan's diaries from 1964-66 prove that, even then, the doyen of financial journalism was insightful and, at times, cutting
Why Africa is Turning East
Dambisa Moyo's Winner Take All is a worthwhile attempt to focus attention on China's increasing influence in Africa but the author fails to adequately
Mao to Deng and Back Again
China in Ten Words is a clarion call to the West. Yu Hua reminds us that the country is still struggling to escape an
Trapped By His Style
Martin Amis is a true writer but Lionel Asbo is yet another example of his failure to break into a new vein
Tales of Love and Loss
Lapsed Catholics, guardian angels and good sex: Wendy Perriam's new book of short stories are passionately moving
K Street Crusaders
Christopher Buckley's new political satire sends up DC's politicos, but ultimately doesn't satarise them enough
Not So Austere
The so-called rightward march towards "austerity" has shifted entirely into the territory of the big-spending Left
Blunt Contempt
Many a British art worthy maintains we all could have been Anthony Blunt. Rubbish: he deserved nothing less than exile in Russia