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A Light Collation

D. J. Taylor THE DEVIL'S LARDER by Jim Crace Viking Penguin, £12.99, pp. 193 ISBN 0670881457 W hatever else may be said of Jim Crace's novels, he does at least have the merit of......

A Good Grouse But Why Blame The Liberals?

John Grigg THE VERDICT OF PEACE by ComeHi Barnett Macmillan, 420, pp. 732, ISBN 0333679822 L ike the Book of Jeremiah itself a contemporary jeremiad can be stimulating, and......