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Not Knowing When To Stop

Alberto Manguel THE DISCOVERY OF HEAVEN by Harry Mulisch, translated by Paul Vincent Viking, £17, pp. 728 A mong the many branches of fantastic literature, theology is surely......

Deception Has Some Redeeming Qualities

Barry Unsworth KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS by Piers Paul Read Weidenfeld, £16.99, pp. 311 M r Read has set himself a difficult task in this novel. His protagonist-narrator, Michael......