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Departing From The Genre

Henry Porter THE FACE by Phil Whitaker Atlantic Books, £10.99, pp. 247, ISBN 1843540000207 S ome reviewers have been keen to point out that Phil Whitaker's third book, The Face,......

On The Beach

Versilia Bright discotheques hung feverish, Like droplets strung along a beach, Small fry attracted as big fish Swam glittering into reach. Walls sweated with the thought of it,......

The First In Line

Ronald Segal THE BONDWOMAN'S NARRATIVE by Hannah Crafts Virago, £10.99, pp. 338, ISBN 1860490131 H enry Louis Gates Jr. chairs the Department of Afro-American Studies at Harvard......