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The Hunted And Haunted

Francis King THE LAST KABBALIST OF LISBON by Richard Zimler Arcadia, £11.99, pp. 318 T his is one of those historical novels which begin with the fictional premise that the......

The Pains Of Progress

Paul Binding HANNA'S DAUGHTERS by Marianne Fredriksson, translated by Joan Tate Orion, £16.92, pp. 283 N othing's ever comprehensible,' thinks Anna, confronting, in late middle......