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Plumbing The Lower Depths

William Leith A MILLION LITTLE PIECES by James Frey John Murray, £16.99, pp. 381, ISBN 0719561000 T his book, a memoir, opens with James Frey, a former drug addict, telling us......

Uncouth Maybe, But Not A Cad

David Edelsten THE BIRD MAN by Isabella Tree Ebuty Press, £14.99, pp. 246, ISBN 071262158X I n Milan just before Easter I stumbled on a stack of lithographs from John Gould's......