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Aparna Jack Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy-Casares (Allen Lane pp. 160, £5.95) Don Isidro Parodi is a detective jailbird whose knowledge of......

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A. N. Wilson Lantern Lecture Adam Mars-Jones (Faber pp. 198, £6.95) Lantern Lecture is a collection of three stories. The first, whose title gives its name to the volume, is a......