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Faith And The Cinema
Anita Brookner IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES by John Updike Hamish Hamilton, £16, pp. 491 U pdike re-invents himself, or perhaps it is age that re-invents him. In this impressive......
Fairly Able Was He, But Always A Gambler
Correlli Barnett BRITAIN AND THE DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON, 1807-1815 by Rory Muir Yale, 129.95, pp. 384 D o not groan at the prospect of yet another book on Napoleon (or Bonaparte, as......
Carry On At The Car Factory
Michael Hulse THE DEVIL'S CAROUSEL by Jeff Torrington Secker, £15.99, pp. 226 hen a first novel earns the high praise and sales of Jeff Torrington's excellent Swing Hammer......