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Spivs And Shysters

Ian Thomson AN UNDERWORLD AT WAR by Donald Thomas John Murray, £20, pp. 429, ISBN 0719557321 Jr oe Walker, the street-smart spiv of Dad's Amy, could be relied on to come up with......

The Way They Lived Then

Anita Brookner GOOD FAITH by Jane Smiley Faber, £12.99, pp. 417, ISBN 0577278437 A nother great American novel, but perhaps not great enough to arouse concern for the more......