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The Travels Of An Idealist

Simon Baker H UMAN L ovE by Andrei Makine Sceptre, £12.99, pp. 249, ISBN 9780340936771 ✆ £10.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 I n Andreï Makine’s previous novel, The Woman Who......

A Gift For Friendship

Rupert Christiansen L ETTERS FROM A L IFE : T HE S ELECTED L ETTERS OF B ENJAMIN B RITTEN , V OLUME IV, 1952-1957 edited by Philip Reed, Mervyn Cooke and Donald Mitchell The......

Love Lies Bleeding

Andrew Taylor T HE V OWS OF S ILENCE by Susan Hill Chatto, £12.99, pp.336, ISBN9780701179991 ✆ £10.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T he Vows of Silence is the fourth novel in......