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A Cure For Optimism

Ian Thomson WITH VINE-LEAVES IN HIS HAIR by Paul Binding Norvik Press, £14.95, pp. 230, ISBN 187004164X www.norvikpress.corn email: norvik.press@uae.ac.uk Henrik Ibsen's......

The Day Before Yesterday

Digby Durrant WINTERING by Derek Johns Potobello, f7.99, pp. 199, ISBN 9781846270222 © £6.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 Wintering, a good and concisely written first novel......

Shooting The Breeze For Free

William Skidelsky THE PARIS REVIEW INTERVIEWS: VOLUME I edited by Philip Gourevitch Canongate, 14.99, pp. 510, ISBN 9781841959252 © £11.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 The......