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Spreading The Good Word

Alan Wall A HOUSE BY THE RIVER by Sid Smith Picador, f15.99, pp. 262, ISBN 0330481231 T his is a remarkable novel. Written in a beautifully crafted prose, its theme is the......

The Contents Of Auntie's Handbag

Jonathan Fryer THEN AGAIN by Irma Kurtz Fourth Estate, £15.99, pp. 360, ISBN 1841156930 D iaries, like snapshots, can be hostages to fortune. Anxious to capture a first......

Hervey Remounts

his horse Tom Pocock THE SABRE'S EDGE by Allan Mallinson Bantam, £16.99, pp. 320, ISBN 0593047281 T hose who prefer their history straight may look askance at the historical......