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Letters To Abroad

Anita Brookner THE QUEEN OF THE TAMBOURINE by Jane Gardam Sinclair-Stevenson, f13.95, pp.227 J ane Gardam, like A.L. Barker, whom she closely resembles, is a writer for an......

Don't Judge A Book By Its Genre

Timothy Mo THE NUTMEG OF CONSOLATION by Patrick O'Brian Collins, f13.99, pp. 320 P atrick O'Brian is a first-class writer who can be mistaken at first glance for a third- rate......