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Lyricist

Benny Green The Street Where I Live Alan Jay Lemer (Hodder and Stoughton E6.50) Bookibecome indispensable for all sorts of reasons, some because they are masterworks, others......

Regressive

Paul Ableman The Cement Garden Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape £3.50) This short novel is just about perfect, and! found it depressing. Not because of its theme, which concerns death,......