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The Old Chauvinist In Spanking Form

James Michie THE KING'S ENGLISH: A GUIDE TO MODERN USAGE by Kingsley Amis HarperCollins, £16.99, pp. 270 T he jacket, like the book itself, can't help raising questions. Why......

Where Are Their Screams Now?

Michael Hulse FUGITIVE PIECES by Anne Michaels Bloomsbury, £15.99, pp. 294 A widely-shared prejudice holds, in the teeth of contrary evidence from Goethe to Michael Ondaatje,......