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A Backdrop Of Beasts And Losers

William Feaver C HAGALL : L iFE , A RT , E xiLE by Jackie Wullschlager Allen Lane, £30, pp. 558 ISBN 9780713996524 ✆ £24 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T here’s this cow......

Tales Of The Unexpected

Cressida Connolly T HE A TMOSPHERIC R AILWAY : N EW AND S ELECTED S TORIES by Shena Mackay Cape, £17.99, pp. 423, ISBN 9780224072984 ✆ £14.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 I n......

L Ove You Sitting On The Edge Of The Bed With

your guts churned up Because you’ve had a couple of Guinnesses And haven’t slept all night. Saying you’ll go home, have a shower before work. I put my arms round you And promise......