William Sutcliffe is one of the most accomplished of the younger British novelists, the author of three books that mine familiar territory for many men of his age (including himself--there is a strong autobiographical component to them): school,...

Towards the end of the new, much-hyped film of The Beach, Leonardo DiCaprio does a strange thing. Running full-pelt through a tropical forest, his torso smeared with mud, he throws himself to the ground as if hiding from a mortal threat, picks up a...

BILLY SUTCLIFFE was a right-hand batsman of considerable hitting power who captained Yorkshire for two years in 1956-57 and whose misfortune it was to carry the excess weight and expectation conferred by an internationally famous name. It also fell to him to take over...