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Maladroit, Not Wicked

C. D. C. Armstrong PERSECUTING ZEAL: A PORTRAIT OF IAN PAISLEY by Dennis Cooke Brandon, £15.99, pp. 239 I an Paisley has not lacked attention. The Moderator of the Free......

Books

Nothing novel about the novel Philip Hensher THE TRUE STORY OF THE NOVEL by Margaret Anne Doody HarperCollins, £25, pp. 580 T his is a startlingly ignorant and foolish book, but......