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Spooked By A Spoof

Peter Porter MY LIFE AS A FAKE by Peter Carey Faber, £16.99, pp. 265, ISBN 0571216188 R eaders who have heard that Peter Carey's new novel is a 'roman a clef' should be warned......

Rose By Many Other Names

Douglas Johnson THE ROSE OF MARTINIQUE: A LIFE OF NAPOLEON'S JOSEPHINE by Andrea Stuart Macmillan, £20, pp. 455, ISBN 0333739337 T he 9 March 1796 is not a well known date in......