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A Brave Bohemian Battler

Jane Gardam FANNY BURNEY; HER LIFE by Kate Chisholm Chatto, £20, pp. 330 I n her portrait, in a 'Vandyke gown', black ribbon tight round the neck, enor- mous, protruding, eager......

Shopping And Singing

Kevin Myers THE INFORMER by Sean O'Callaghan Bantam, £16.99, pp. 340 E ither Sean O'Callaghan is the biggest charlatan in the history of the IRA, or he is its most devastating......