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Books

The art of the impossible Philip Hensher THE PENGUIN BOOK OF ART WRITING edited by Martin Gayford and Karen Wright Viking £25, pp. 620 I am told that Van Gogh's letters exhibit......

A Choice Of Humorous Books

Richard Ingrams H umorous writing for the printed medium is a dying art. My feeling is con- firmed by reading Now That Funny (Methuen, £12.99), a collection of inter- views by......