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Clerical Japes

Benny Green The Flesh is Weak Andrew Barrow (Hamish Hamilton pp.296, £10.95). The sub-title of Mr Barrow's book is self - explanatory: 'An intimate history of the Church of......

Fiction

Epic allegory Naomi Mitchison Lanark Alasdair Gray (Canongate pp. 560, £7.95) It is well established, especially among northern Europeans, that there is a considerable area of......