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Past Glories Prove Elusive

Jeremy Treglown IN ARCADIA by Ben Okri Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £12.99, pp. 230 ISBN 0297829602 D espite many allusions to Virgil and a diligent summary of various interpretations......

When First We Practise To Deceive

Michael Glover SHROUD by John Banville Picador, 115.99, pp. 416 ISBN 0330483153 T wo years ago the Irish novelist John Banville published a hook called Eclipse. It was his......