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Suffering And Control United

Karl Miller AGAINST OBLIVION by Ian Hamilton Viking, £20, pp. 320, ISBN 067084949X I an Hamilton died on 27 December, to the great grief of those who knew him or cared about his......

Insouciance Of A True Hero

Anita Brookner ANY HUMAN HEART by William Boyd Hamish Hamilton, £12.99, pp. 492, ISBN 024114177X L et it be said at once, this is an excellent picaresque novel, written in a......