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A Sane Cuckoo In The Nest Of Art

Rupert Christiansen PIECES OF MY MIND: WRITINGS 1958-2002 by Frank Kermode Penguin/Allen Lane, .£25, pp. 480, ISBN 0713996730 T his is a hugely impressive but somewhat......

Endless Stint Of Stunts

P. J. Kavanagh JOHNNERS: THE LIFE OF BRIAN by Barry Johnson Hodder, £20, pp. 367, ISBN 0340824700 T o be apparently always affable, a person everyone is pleased to see, 'dear......