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The New Look That Never Aged
Vicki Woods T HE A LLURE OF C HANEL by Paul Morand, translated by Euan Cameron Pushkin Press, £12, pp. 181, ISBN 9781901285987 ✆ £9.60 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 S hould......
A Choice Of Gardening Books
Mary Keen T his is the time of year for dutiful appraisal of current garden books. The heart sometimes sinks at the thought of conning the same old material in a newer and......
Surprising Literary Ventures
Gary Dexter S ANTA K ID (2004) by James Patterson J ames Patterson likes rape, torture, mutilation and death. So do his readers. Who doesn’t? It has been estimated that......