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A Sadder And A Tougher Man

Jane Gardam IMAGINATION OF THE HEART: THE LIFE OF WALTER DE LA MARE by Theresa Whistler Duckworth, f25, pp. 490 COLLECTED RHYMES AND VERSES and COLLECLED POEMS by Walter de la......

But Not The Passions Of The Slaves

John Spurling CROSSING THE RIVER by Caryl Phillips Bloomsbury, £14.99, pp. 237 C rossing the River begins with the remorse of a West African farmer who has sold his three......