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Haunted By The Past

Michael Glover DARKMANS by Nicola Barker Fourth Estate, £15.99, pp. 838, ISBN 9780007193622 ✆ £14.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T his curious and wearisomely long novel, the......

Richness In Diversity

P. J. Kavanagh B Y H OOK OR B Y C ROOK : A J OURNEY IN S EARCH OF ENGLISH by David Crystal HarperPress, £16.99, pp. 314, ISBN 975007235582 ✆ £13.59 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429......