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Funny Peculiar More Than Ha-ha

Teresa Waugh GHOST CHILDREN by Sue Townsend Methuen, £12.99, pp. 192 h e brief opening chapter — or rather avant-propos — of Sue Townsend's new novel, Ghost Children, is a......

Seven Authors In Search Of Some Characters

D. J. Taylor • F1NBAR'S HOTEL edited by Dermot Bolger Picador, £8.99, pp. 273 L iterary collaborations are all the rage these days. The poets Armitage and Maxwell have......