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With A Grip That Kills

Lesley Glaister IN THE CUT by Susanna Moore Picador, f12.99, pp. 180 B ret Easton Ellis told Susanna Moore that In the Cut was the most shocking thing he had ever read and .........

A Love Story With Compound Interest

Amit Chaudhuri DANGEROUS by Ben Okri Phoenix, £15.99, pp. 325 O movo, the protagonist of this intelli- gent and moving novel, is a painter. He lives in a lower-middle-class......