31 DECEMBER 2005, page 27

Signs And Portents Of The Times

Philip Hensher O nly a fool would try to explain fashions and tendencies in novel-writing. Everything can change so quickly, and it only takes one really good novel to rescue a......

Mi Diverto

And if the world is mad And tied up to success With hope of trading good for bad Dispersed as ‘more means less’ And generations strive To push their children on So one blood......