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The Battle Of The Books

Selina Hastings A S PY IN THE B OOKSHOP : L ETTERS BETWEEN H EYWOOD H ILL AND J OHN S AUMAREZ S MITH , 1966-1974 edited by John Saumarez Smith Frances Lincoln, £12.99, pp. 176,......

The Last Time He Saw Paris

O ne good reason to read Simenon is to recover Paris. It is now 75 years since Maigret made his first appearance, and, if his Paris is not yet utterly lost, you have to walk......