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Throbbing With A Passion For Life
Andrew Barrow THE SHRINE by Cristina Odone Weidenfeld, £15.99, pp. 248 T he publication during the panto season of this high-spirited and upbeat novel seems rather appropriate.......
Books
Let us now praise obscure men Philip Hensher NO PASSION SPENT by George Steiner Faber, £19.99, pp. 421 THE DEEPS OF THE SEA by George Steiner Faber, £12.99, pp. 393 H as anyone......
My Pipes
Many, in the way of things, have been broken or lost — where and how I can't remember; yet they were all my darlings: each one in its time a rare companion and comforter. For......