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A Passion Of A Vegetable Fashion

David Horspool THE BLACK ALBUM by Hanif Kureishi Faber, £14.99, pp. 230 hahid, the young hero of Hanif Kureishi's second novel, spends most of his time trying to make his mind......

Not So Clever Hans

Francis King A SAFE CONDUCT by Peter Vansittart Peter Owen, £14.99, pp. 184 I t would be idle to pretend that A Safe Conduct, produced in Peter Vansittart's 76th year, is an......