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Sounds Of The Seventies

Simon Baker T HE N ORTHERN C LEMENCY by Philip Hensher Fourth Estate, £17.99, pp. 738, ISBN 9780007174799 ✆ £14.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 O ne of the difficult tasks......

A Subject In Need Of A Writer

‘H ave you your next book in mind?’ ‘Not yet, I can’t fix on a subject,’ my friend replied. ‘What about Ouida?’ I said. Actually this exchange has taken place a couple of times,......