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Axeman On The Rampage

Philip Hensher HATCHET JOB: WRITINGS ON CONTEMPORARY FICTION by Dale Peck The New Press, $23.95, pp. 228, ISBN 1565848748 A curious volume, this, and you would be right in......

The Royal Road To Indigestion

Christopher Bland CHARLEMAGNE'S TABLECLOTH: A PIQUANT HISTORY OF FEASTING by Nichola Fletcher Weidenfeld, £20, pp. 256, ISBN 0297843435 T he most enjoyable feast described by......