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Crime Or Banishment

Andrew Barrow COCAINE NIGHTS by J. G. Ballard Flamingo, £16.99, pp. 329 T his is the first book I have read by this prolific and popular author. I am therefore unable to say if......

Sex And Oil In Argentina

James Simmons THE STORY OF THE NIGHT by Colm Picador, £15.99, pp. 313 I f Colm T6ibin were a singer you would say he had perfectly pitch. This novel leads you through its......