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Books

Their heroes moved among them Alberto Manguel THE VICTORIAN WORLD PICTURE by David Newsome John Murray, f25, pp. 310 A t the end of this rich and readable hook, which seems so......

He's A Loser, And He Is What He Appears To

be Tom Hiney SAVAGE ART: A BIOGRAPHY OF JIM 'THOMPSON by Robert Polito Serpent's Tail, £15, pp. 560 But afterward, after she had gone back to her own room, depression came to......