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The Lovable Masochist

Duncan Fallo well Itte Opium-Eater: A Life of Thomas De Quincey Grevel Lindop (Dent pp. 433, £12). De Quincey (1785-1859) was the first writer to turn himself into a personality......

Arguments For Suffering

Edward Norman God Alive: Priorities in Pastoral Theology Graham Leonard (Darton, Longman & Todd pp. 88, £2.50) Dr Graham Leonard is perhaps best known to those outside Church......