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A Crowd-pleaser But No Classic

Philip Hensher HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by J. K. Rowling Bloomsbury, £16.99, pp. 768 ISBN 074755 1006 W e can all agree that the phenomenon is astonishing.......

Plucky Little Estonia

Doris Lessing TREADING AIR by Joan Kross Hang, 115.99, pp. 368, ISBN X1843430363 he Czar's Madman, the first of Jaan Kross's novels to be published here, was a treat for those......