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Speaking Less Than She Knowest

Rupert Christiansen A THOUSAND ACRES by Jane Smiley Flamingo, £4.99, pp. 371 J ane Smiley's latest novel has just been honoured with two of America's most prestigious literary......

Fall

The woods decay, the woods decay and fall. The baby hurls his breakfast at the wall. The vapours weep their burthen to the ground. The burthen hits the lino with a sound like......

From A Happy Little Man To Dame Edna

Anne Chisholm MORE PLEASE by Barry Humphries Viking, £16.99, pp.335 M ost autobiographies by stars err on the side of caution. A carefully manufactured persona needs to be......