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Eyes Shining In The Dark

Roy Kerridge MYSTERY CATS OF DEVON AND CORNWALL by Chris Moiser Bossiney, £2.99, pp.32 ISBN 1899383468 I bet you've never even been to Bengal!' sneered a Spectator contributor......

Talking About Action

Rupert Christiansen DOING IT: FIVE PERFORMING ARTS edited by Robert B. Silvers New York Review Books, £14.99, pp.I36 ISBN 0940322757 H ere is a volume so slim that one wonders......