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Stirring Up

a WASPs' nest Amanda Craig THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt Viking, £14.99, pp. 544 O ver-hyped, over-paid and over here, the American brat pack has been one of the most......

The Pig Who Abolished The Future

Christopher Potter GENIUS: RICHARD FEYNMAN AND MODERN PHYSICS by James Gleick Little, Brown & Co, £18.99, pp. 531 D espite the recent success of perhaps half a dozen popular......