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Surprised And Doomed By Joy

Matthew Dennison O NE S UMMER by Rachel Billington Orion, £17.99, pp. 311, ISBN 9780571230830 ✆ £14.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 A t the centre of Rachel Billington’s new......

Housemates From Hell

Sebastian Smee T HE Y ELLOW H OUSE : V AN G OGH , G AUGUIN AND N INE T URBULENT W EEKS IN A RLES by Martin Gayford Fig Tree/ Penguin, £18.99, pp. 356, ISBN 9780670914975 ✆......