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Hell In Hull

Digby Durrant CRADLE SONG by Robert Edric Doubleday, £12.99, pp. 469. ISBN 0385605749 R obert Edric returns to his old stamping ground Hull for his new book, but unlike his......

Right Up With The Best Of Them

Francis King THE Bo Y WHO TAUGHT THE BEEKEEPER TO READ by Susan Hill Chatto, £10.99. pp. 216 ISBN 0701175966 T his collection of nine stories, less than 50,000 words in length,......

Books On Tape

Robert Cooper L isteners will enjoy Sam Dastor's splendid reading of A Passage to India far more than Dr. Aziz would relish a return visit. Clearly Dastor is the Voice of India,......