R.B.RUSSELL has only recently started writing fiction seriously, having previously written lyrics, composed music, and drawn in pen and ink for his own amusement. He runs Tartarus Press with Rosalie Parker from their home in the Yorkshire Dales.

THE RESTAURANT SAN MARTÍN: The Restaurant San Martín in Mendoza did not appear to have changed at all in its ninety-five year history. It was still richly decorated and plushly upholstered in a hopelessly antique style, and Ernesto Galman revered it.