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Respectable, Consistent, Immortal Jeff

Sally Vincent LOW LIFE by Jeffrey Bernard Duckworth, £9.95 D uckworth has anthologised him and John Osborne's done the eulogy which leaves only two bits of news for anyone silly......

The Importance Of Being Frank

Patrick Skene Catling HIS WAY: THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY by Kitty Kelley Bantam, f12.95 H ell hath no fury like a biographer scorned. Kitty scratches hard but this immense,......

Not With A Whimper But A Bang

Harriet Waugh STILL LIFE WITH PISTOL by Roger Ormerod Constable, f7.95 BLACK ICE by Colin Dunne Seeker & Warburg, £9.95 JEMIMA SHORE'S FIRST CASE AND OTHER STORIES by Antonia......