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Books

Why are our critics so bad? Colin Welch NO, NOT BLOOMSBURY by Malcolm Bradbury Deutsch, £17.95 I n Professor Bradbury's critical essays you'll find yourself at times in very......

In Search Of A Good Bad Book

Anne Chisholm DESTINY by Sally Beauman Bantam, £10.95 REGRETS ONLY by Sally Quinn Headline, fl 1 .95 A few hours' oblivion in the pages of a good bad book can be one of the......