A fatal choice. When Irish terrorists murdered Airey Neave in
the car park of the House of Commons, they chose their target
well. Had he lived, the IRA would not today have victory in its
grasp. Norman Tebbit on the elusive life and violent death of a
Tor  Public servant, secret agent  Paul Routledge <em>Fourth
Estate, 392pp, £16.99</em>  ISBN 1841152  Public Servant, Secret
Agent brings together in one volume a great deal about the life
of Airey Neave that, although not all new, has hitherto been
scattered in several books, and it also sheds some new light on
his death. It is a pity that the most important section of the
book, Paul Routledge's account of his meeting with the
godfathers of the Irish National Liberation Army who planned
Neave's murder, has been torn out of its proper place in the
final chapters and dumped awkwardly into a preface. I find it
hard to believe that an author as skilled as Routledge would
have drafted his book in such a fashion. More likely, some
marketing-obsessed, wet-behind-the-