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Et In Orcadia Ego

Patricia Craig WINTER TALES by George Mackay Brown John Murray, f15.99, pp. 247 A sad tale's best for winter.' George Mackay Brown's Orkney stories aren't so much sad as stark,......

From The Killer's Point Of View

Brian Masters SO LITTLE DONE by Theodore Dalrymple Deutsch, f8.99, pp. 144 T his engaging and mischievous book, short but by no means slight, purports to be the testament of one......