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Lost, Stolen Or Strayed

Philip Hensher MISSING MASTERPIECES by Gert-Rudolf Flick Merrell, £40, pp. 344, ISBN 1858941970 his is a strange, tantalising book of unintentional poetry; it is rather like a......

Tunes Of Vanishing Glory

Julius Purcell THE RADETZKY MARCH by Joseph Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann Granta, £14.99, pp. 363, ISBN 1862075131 J ust as Gustav Mahler wove a bugle fanfare into his......