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A Hero Of Our Time

Francis King BEFORE NIGHT FALLS by Reinaldo Arenas Viking, £16, pp. 317 E very English writer who whinges over diminishing royalties, meagre PLR pay- ments, the hostility of......

On His Way To Becoming Victor

Celestria Noel IN A GLASS HOUSE by Nino Ricci Sinclair-Stevenson, £14.99, pp. 339 L ives of the Saints, Nino Ricci's award- winning first novel, was set in a small vil- lage in......