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Three Welcome New Voices

Clemency Burton-Hill A SHORT RHETORIC FOR LEAVING THE FAMILY by Peter Dimock Methuen, 0.99, pp. 128, ISBN 04137741 LIARS AND SAINTS by Maile Meloy John Murray, £14.99, pp. 260,......

The Gentle Art Of Saying No

Kevin Jackson BARTLEBY & CO by Enrique Vila-Matas, translated from the Spanish by Jonathan Dunne Harvill Press, £12, pp. 178, ISBN 1843430525 ill (plus E2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848......