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Books

Too much interest on junk James Buchan DEN OF THIEVES by James B. Stewart Simon & Schuster, £16.99, pp. 494 INSIDE OUT: AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO WALL STREET by Dennis B. Levine......

Francis

When my heart heaves like a hooked fish and breath creaks crooked as hairpins from my lungs, I remember Francis, our sweet- tempered cat who — poisoned by Christian neighbors -......