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Burning Down

Peter Ackroyd A Victim of the Aurora Thomas Keneally (Collins 24.50) Although the publishers describe this remarkable novel as 'Thomas Keneally's first detective story', it......

Joker

Benny Green Matters of Fact and Fiction Gore Vidal (Heinemann £6.00) Gore Vidal is nothing if not perverse; the very first word in his new collection of essays is 'Shit',......