27 FEBRUARY 1993, page 25

Literature Has Transfigured Him Into An Untruth

Piers Paul Read THE CHATTO BOOK OF THE DEVIL edited by Francis Spufford Chatto & Windus, £15.99, pp. 396 I t is a pity that Francis Spufford's intro- duction to his wide-ranging......

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Lurking in the shadows still James Buchan TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: THE HUNT FOR THE JACKAL by David Yallop Cape, f17.99, pp. 580 C arlos, who started life as the Venezuelan......