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Departing From The Genre
Henry Porter THE FACE by Phil Whitaker Atlantic Books, £10.99, pp. 247, ISBN 1843540000207 S ome reviewers have been keen to point out that Phil Whitaker's third book, The Face,......
On The Beach
Versilia Bright discotheques hung feverish, Like droplets strung along a beach, Small fry attracted as big fish Swam glittering into reach. Walls sweated with the thought of it,......
The First In Line
Ronald Segal THE BONDWOMAN'S NARRATIVE by Hannah Crafts Virago, £10.99, pp. 338, ISBN 1860490131 H enry Louis Gates Jr. chairs the Department of Afro-American Studies at Harvard......