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Masturbating With Words

Michael Glover BE MY KNIFE by David Grossman Bloomsbury, £16. 99, pp. 307. ISBN 0747549524 A book can make a hole in the wall. It can help us to read reality,' the Israeli......

Banks Ready To Burst

Jonathan Mirsky THE CHINA DREAM by Joe Studwell Profile Books, £15, pp. 356, ISBN 861973705 THE COMING COLLAPSE OF CHINA by Gordon G. Chang Cemum £14.99, pp. 320 ISBN 0712614648......