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Coming To Terms With The Old Man

Patrick Skene Catling T HE S AILOR IN THE W ARDROBE by Hugo Hamilton Fourth Estate, £16.99, pp. 263, ISBN 0007192177 V £13.59 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 F ollowing the......

The Man Who Named Australia

John Jolliffe T HE F EVER OF D ISCOVERY : T HE S TORY OF M ATTHEW FLINDERS by Marion Body New European Publications, £15, pp. 250, ISBN 1872410456 T he fever of discovery burned......

Making The Surgeon Laugh

Hugh Massingberd N EVER H AVE YOUR D OG STUFFED by Alan Alda Hutchinson, £17.99, pp. 224, ISBN 0091796520 ✆ £14.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 O ne of life’s longed-for......