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Old Tricks From The Old Dog

D. J. Taylor THE VETERAN by Frederick Forsyth Bantam, £16.99, pp. 367 ISBN 059304892X T here comes a time in the career of many a male thriller writer when stylisation — that......

A Bit Of A Boojum

Rupert Christiansen LUCKY HIM: THE LIFE OF KINGSLEY AMIS by Richard Bradford Peter Owen, £22.50, pp. 432 ISBN 0720611172 T here's a sting in the tail of Martin Amis's wonderful......