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Taking The Whip To Language

Gabriele Annan HEAVY WATER AND OTHER STORIES by Martin Amis Jonathan Cape, 114.99, pp.256 T he nine short stories collected in Heavy Water were first published between 1976 and......

The Terror Of The Thames Valley

Andrew Barrow THE SOUND OF TRUMPETS by John Mortimer Vikin& L16.99, pp. 273 T his extremely lurid tale, which success- fully concludes the Titmuss trilogy, is as much concerned......