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My Family And Other Monsters

David Sexton THE COLLECTED STORIES OF ANGUS WILSON Seeker, L12.95 A nita Brookner once explained that she began writing fiction in order 'to control rather than be controlled,......

The Passion And The Twaddle

John Julius Norwich THE BYZANTINE ACHIEVEMENT by Robert Byron Routledge & Kegan Paul, £19.95 I must begin by declaring an interest: of all the books that I have ever read, this......