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Books

He knew where the bodies were Hilary Mantel OFFICIAL AND CONFIDENTIAL: THE SECRET LIFE OF J. EDGAR HOOVER by Anthony Summers Gollancz, £18.99, pp. 528 C overs sell books, the......

0 For The Voice To Be Still

Anita Brookner THE ORACLE AT STONELEIGH COURT by Peter Taylor Chatto & Windus, 174.99, pp. 324 0 ne would wish to compare Peter Taylor with Henry James, yet the compari- son......