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Back To The Drawing Board

Emma Tennant THE ECLIPSE OF ART by Julian Spalding Layzell, £12.95, pp. 126, ISBN 3791328816 J ulian Spalding has spent more than 30 years as a gallery curator and director. He......

The New Wizard Of Oz

John de Falbe A FEW SHORT NOTES ON TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES by John Murray Penguin, £14.99, pp. 274, ISBN 0670913472 T wo kinds of character predominate in the eight stories......

Ugla In Wonderland

Tony Gould THE ATOM STATION by HaIldor Laxness, translated by Magnus Magnusson Hamill, £10.99, pp. 180, ISBN 1843430436 his novel is a bit of an oddity. To start with, the......