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Dickens And Son

Byron Rogers THE SNAKE-OIL DICKENS MAN by Ross Gilfillan Fourth Estate, £14.99, pp. 288 h is is an extraordinary book written by a man whose job has to be one of the most......

What Was The Author Thinking Of?

D. J. Taylor WHERE WAS REBECCA SHOT? PUZZLES AND CONUNDRUMS IN MODERN FICTION by John Sutherland Weidenfeld, £12.99, pp. 213 A quick glance around the study shelves establishes......