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The Invisible Patient

Christopher Woodward N APOLEON AND D OCTOR V ERLING ON S T H ELENA by J. David Markham Pen & Sword, £19.99, pp. 178, ISBN 033048902X ✆ £15.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 R......

A Painful, Wonderful World

Jane Gardam C ONSTITUTIONAL by Helen Simpson Cape, £14.99, pp. 144, ISBN 02224077945X V £11.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 H ere are nine short stories, some of them very......

Recent First Novels

Jonathan Beckman T HIS T HING OF D ARKNESS by Harry Thompson Review, £12.99, pp. 626, ISBN 075530280X V £10.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 R ULES FOR O LD M EN W AITING by......