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Very Cold Norfolk, Very Hot Africa

Anita Brookner A CHANGE OF CLIMATE by Hilary Mantel Viking, £15, pp. 342 H ilary Mantel's new novel — by far her most assured — deals with no less a subject than good and evil.......

Out Of The Mist, An Eagle Only

Peter Levi GREECE: A LITERARY COMPANION by Martin Garrett John Murray, £30, pp. 16.99, pp. 228 T his is the kind of book that looks easy to write but is not — not in the least.......