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Time, Memory, Love

Patrick Skene Catling THE HORIZONTAL INSTRUMENT by Christopher Wilkins Doubleday, £10, pp. 272 T he narrator of this marvellous novel, Robert Garrett, is a mathematical prodigy......

Virus-hunting In The Arctic Circle

Tony Gould CATCHING COLD by Pete Davies Michael Joseph, £12.99, pp. 320 P te Davies's enthralling book presents the reviewer with a problem. The subtitle is `1918's forgotten......

Gunslinger Back From The Grave

James Gardner THE RETURN OF LITTLE BIG MAN by Thomas Berger Harvill £15.99, £11.99, pp. 320 O n the superhighway of popular cul- ture, you will find no more spectacular specimen......