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The King’s Detective

Alan Judd M: MI5’ S F IRST S PYMASTER by Andrew Cook Tempus, £20, pp. 287, ISBN 0752428969 ✆ £18 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 I n 1850 when William Melville was born in Sneem,......

Going To The Good

Alexander Masters A NOTHER B ULLSHIT N IGHT IN S UCK C ITY by Nick Flynn Faber, £7.99, pp. 347, ISBN 0571214088 J onathan Flynn is a lying, cheating, incompetent, sanctimonious,......