by SIMON GRAY
'The moral position of a novelist who undertakes a discussion on the responsibilities of the reviewer reminds me of the man in Dickens who once backed apologetically out of a room on his knees while his fist independently and indignantly continued to shake itself at the remaining guests.'
Mr. Gray's third novel, Little Portia , was published last year. He describes what it is like, lor him. to write a novel and what it is like. for him. to write a review. Second broadcast