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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......

A Choice Of First Novels

Simon Baker A Fraction of the Whole , by Steve Toltz, was one of two debut novels on the Booker shortlist — and is, one could argue, a more distinguished offering than the other......