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Grimly Comic Menace

Sam Phipps PORNO by Irvine Welsh Cape, 170, pp. 484, ISBN 02246181X P omo is billed as 'the sequel to Trainspotting', which immediately is a worrying sign, like the blow-up doll......

The Law Of The Letter

Kevin Jackson ELLA MINNOW PEA: A NOVEL IN LETTERS by Mark Dunn Methuen, £9.99, pp. 203, ISBN 0413772470 T he quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog': almost everyone knows that......

Plucking At The Sighing Harp Of Time

David Caute THE STORY OF LUCY GAULT by William Trevor Viking, £16.99, pp. 227, ISBN 0670913241 W illiam Trevor is the voice of a civilised Anglo-Ireland capable of apologising......