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The Infant State
Michael Vestey PANTHER IN THE BASEMENT by Amos Oz Vintage, £5.99, pp. 122 T his short novel by Israel's leading writer is a superb evocation of everyday life in a land under......
The Ancients Dread Death
Jane Gardam THE WAITING GAME by Bernice Rubens Abacus, f16.95, pp. 249 E very human being plays the waiting game and knows it's one you can't win. Not even Matron. Not even......
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