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Cause For Rejoicing

" A. N. Wilson Loitering with Intent Muriel Spark (Bodley Head, pp. 222, £6.50) • Twenty years ago, Muriel Spark had the great misfortune to publish a masterpiece: The Prime of......

Irish Stories

Caroline Moorehead Children of Lir Desmond Hogan (Hamish Hamilton pp. 176, £6.95) Modern Irish Short Stories edited Ben Forkner (Michael Joseph pp. 557, £7.95) A Stone Throw......