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A Working-class Villain

Leo McKinstry K EN : T HE U PS AND D OWNS OF K EN L IVINGSTONE by Andrew Hosken Arcadia Books, £15.99, pp. 435, ISBN 9781905147724 ✆ £12.79 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 O ne......

What We Lost Last Summer

William Brett B ORN Y ESTERDAY : T HE N EWS AS A N OVEL by Gordon Burn Faber, £7.99, pp. 214, ISBN 9780571240265 ✆ £6.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 I t’s startling to read......

Children Of A Genius

Allan Massie I N THE S HADOW OF THE M AGIC M OUNTAIN by Andrea Weiss University of Chicago Press, £14.50, pp. 272, ISBN 9780226886725 ✆ £11.60 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T......