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A Hoot From Ukraine

John de Falbe DEATH AND THE PENGUIN by Andrey Kurkov, translated by George Bird Hamill, 49.99, pp. 227. ISBN 1860468357 F irst, a stone landed a metre from Viktor's foot. He......

Get Stuck In

C. R. Cecil GLUE by Irvine Welsh Cape, £12, pp. 469, ISBN 0224061267 I rvine Welsh works, rests and raves in Edinburgh.' reads the author description in Welsh's first book, the......

Fingerin' The Dykes

Nicholas Haslam THE GIRLS: SAPPHO GOES TO HOLLYWOOD by Diana McLellan Robson Books, £17.95, pp. 440, ISBN 1861053819 A quaint little figure could be seen swishing along the......