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For Strong Stomachs Only

Teresa Waugh THE GIANT, O'BRIEN by Hilary Mantel Fourth Estate, £14.99, pp. 211 H ilary Mantel's new novel is about an 18th-century Irish giant. The heart, then, may well sink......

The Bad And The Bogus

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