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No, But I'll See The Movie

Charlotte Raven PLAYLAND by John Gregory Dunne Granta, £14.99, pp. 494 I hate to ask questions. In any event I am not interested in the answers — what I do is hang around.' John......

A Worthy Laureate

Peter Levi WINTER POLLEN by Ted Hughes Faber, £8.99, pp. 465 NEW SELECTED POEMS, 1957-1994 by Ted Hughes Faber, £14.99, £7.99, pp. 332 h ere have been so many challenges to the......

Perverse And Foolish

Francis King SMALL g: A SUMMER IDYLL by Patricia Highsmith Bloomsbury, £14.99, pp. 264 T his posthumously published novel is a departure for Highsmith, the blurb tells us.......