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Way Out Of Control

D. J. Taylor GLAMORAMA by Bret Easton Ellis Picador, £16.99, pp. 482 here comes a time in the life of any self-respecting thirty-something when the struggle to keep up with......

Books

The need for a chilling frisson Philip Hensher GOTHIC by Richard Davenport-Hines Fourth Estate, £20, pp. 438 I have never heard a good explanation or, come to that, any......