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Nick Totton Slapstick Kurt Vonnegut (Jonathan Cape E3.50) A Sea-Grape Tree Rosamond Lehmann (Collins £3.50) A new Kurt Vonnegut novel is an occasion for intense but somehow......

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Benny Green Love Letters: An Anthology Chosen by Antonia Fraser (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £4.95) There are three large impediments to an effective anthology of love letters. For......