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Terrorism, the perfect choice Philip Hensher AMERICAN PASTORAL by Philip Roth Cape, £15.99, pp. 432 I t is surprising, in a way, that more novel- ists haven't taken to the......

All Mild, No Bitter

Michael Dummett A LIFE IN OXFORD by Anthony Kenny John Murray, £20, pp. 249 A utobiography is a desperately difficult art. Should it be content to have the interest that a......