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Rapture In Happy Valley

Nichol Fleming PARADISE POSTPONED by John Mortimer Viking, f9.95 H ats off to John Mortimer. He's gone and done it again! His new novel is a hugely enjoyable saga set in the......

Reculer Pour Mieux Reculer

Inertia: prop your feet up and meditate instead of cleaning the sink out or trying to overthrow the state. Inertia: picture armies stretching and yawning and failing to get up......

The Brittleness Of The Bourgeoisie

Angus Wolfe Murray ONE IS A WANDERER: SELECTED STORIES by Francis King Hutchinson, f9.95 F rancis King performs like a master of the nauseous nudge. Molten nipples are glimpsed......