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A Detective Of The Past

Anita Brookner DORA BRUDER by Patrick Modiano Gallimard, FF95, pp. 147 P atrick Modiano, haunter of vanishing suburbs and old newspapers, writes novels which take place in a......

Making Good Progress

Thomas Blaikie SEAHORSES by Bidisha Flamingo, £9.99, pp. 210 T wo years ago, when she was 16, Bidisha was a pupil of mine. I was under the impression that I was teaching her......