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A Burnt-out Case

Rupert Christiansen RIMBAUD by Graham Robb Picador, £20, pp. 530 T he story Graham Robb tells is famil- iar: Arthur Rimbaud, born in 1854 in northern France, was the son of a......

A Tantalising Whiff Of Cigars

Paul Ferris FREUD: DARKNESS IN THE MIDST OF VISION by Louis Breger John Wiley, £19.99, pp. 460 T his life of Freud is announced as the one the world is waiting for. The chaos......