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Why Did She Do It?

Sebastian Shakespeare THE LIGHT OF DAY by Graham Swift Hamish Hamilton, £16.99, pp. 243, ISBN 0241142040 W e have had to wait seven years for Graham Swift's latest novel. Was it......

Where The Buck Never Stops

Archie Cotterell GREENBACK: THE STORY OF THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR AND THE INVENTION OF AMERICA by Jason Goodwin Hands* Hamilton, £14.99, pp. 299, ISBN 0241140986 I t is a seductive......

Spreading The Good Word

Alan Wall A HOUSE BY THE RIVER by Sid Smith Picador, f15.99, pp. 262, ISBN 0330481231 T his is a remarkable novel. Written in a beautifully crafted prose, its theme is the......