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Books

Without a city wall once more Richard Lamb FAUST'S METROPOLIS by Alexandra Richie HarperCollins, £29.99, pp.1107 T his engrossing book is published at an opportune moment, with......

Evil And Poetry

Harry Eyres THE TELLING by Miranda Seymour John Murray, f15.99, pp. 230 T he seed was sown, or the fertiliser spread, for Miranda Seymour's fourth novel by some murky events she......

Love Being In The State He's In

Andro Linklater COLD MOUNTAIN by Charles Frazier Sceptre, £6.99, pp. 438 F or all the glamour of California, the grandeur of Montana and the glitz of Hawaii, I would rate North......