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The Anatomy Of An Obsession

David Profumo THE LONGEST SILENCE: A LIFE IN FISHING by Thomas McGuane Yellow Jersey Press, £17, pp. 280 by Thomas McGuane Yellow Jersey Press, £17, pp. 280 W hen the late......

A Romantic Utopian Looks Forward In Anger

John Vincent THE EDGE OF NOW by David Howell Macmillan, £18.99, pp. 392 T his is a young man's book, assertive, pugnacious, lashing out in all directions, decidedly fierce, and......