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In The Steps Of The Master

Philip Hensher PICASSO: STYLE AND MEANING by Elizabeth Cowling Phaidon, £75, pp. 703, ISBN 0714829501 T his is quite a good book, but perhaps not a very necessary one. For over......

The Game Of The Name

Zenga Longmore THE AUTOGRAPH MAN by Zadie Smith Hamish Hamilton, £16.99, pp.419, ISBN 0241139988 h e weight of Zadie Smith's literary reputation is so hefty that her latest......