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Books

Is your travel book necessary? James Buchan I can't remember when I went off British travel writers, because I was mad about them once. Unpacking some old books at home a couple......

A Master Unraveller Of Balls Of String

Anita Brookner THOSE IN PERIL by Nicolas Freeling Deutsch, £11.99, pp. 212 T his is Nicolas Freeling's 30th novel, and it is time to pay tribute to the most eccentric, the most......