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Rewards Of Fairies

Elisa Segrave ONCE by James Herbert Macmillan, f16.99, pp. 470, ISBN 0333761375 J ames Herbert's 19 novels have sold more than 48,000,000 copies worldwide, but this is the first......

Natural Forces At Work

D. J. Taylor AFTER THE PLAGUE by T. C. Boyle Bloomsbury, £14.99, pp. 303, ISBN 0747553270 L ove of Life', perhaps the best short story Jack London ever wrote, is set in the......