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The Haunters And The Haunted

Claudia FitzHerbert HOTEL WORLD by Ali Smith Hamish Hamilton, £10.99, pp. 256, ISBN 0241141095 W00000000000-h000000000 what a fall what a soar what a plummet what a dash into......

Not Strictly For The Birds

David Crane SEA ROOM: LIFE ON ONE MAN'S ISLAND by Adam Nicolson HarperCollins,114.99, pp. 385, ISBN 00025 71641 I have never been to the Shiants, but for a fair bit of this last......

Our Man On The Inside

Oleg Gordievsky LEGACY by Alan Judd HarperCollins, £16.99, pp. 266. ISBN 0002259400 R umour has it that Alan Judd served for more than 20 years in British foreign intelligence,......