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Mum's The Buzz Word

Caroline Moorehead THE GREAT UMBILICAL: MOTHER, DAUGHTER, MOTHER, THE UNBREAKABLE BOND by Rachel Billington Hutchinson, £17.99, pp. 238 M others — those with daughters, that is......

Crossing Nicaragua With Smokes

Albert Read DESPERADOES by Joseph O'Connor Flamingo, f14.99, pp. 426 J oseph O'Connor's second novel needs ruthless editing. The story is concentrated at either end of the book,......