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A Voice Crying In The Wilderness

Tobias Jones QUARANTINE by Jim Crace Viking, £16.99, pp. 243 I t's hard to imagine who will dislike Jim Crace's startling, beguiling novel more: atheists who resent his thick......

Dead Men Talking

Nigel Nicolson A FRIENDSHIP OF CONVENIENCE by Rufus Gunn GMP, £8.95, pp. 171 T his is a novel about the gradual unravelling of Anthony Blunt. Although he is the central figure,......

Intruder In The Dust

William Fiennes SERPENT IN PARADISE by Dea Birkett Picador, £16.99, pp. 299 hen Dea Birkett saw the film The Bounty one wet afternoon in Elephant and Castle she immediately......