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Rare Things

Francis King The Mark of St Crispin Virginia Moriconi (Duckworth £4.95) Asylum and Other Stories Aidan Higgins (Calder £5.95) Although she published a novel with Random House in......

Children's Books

Paradoxes Mary Kenny The business of choosing a book for Yo ung children really is a serious one. I h av f learned a little by trial and error. 00e's t always astonished by the......