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The Way To The Tomb

Andrew Barrow THE NECROPOLIS RAILWAY by Andrew Martin Faber, .£10.99, pp. 231, ISBN 0571209610 T his queer, black novel is mainly concerned with the special funeral train......

Out Of The Bottom Drawer?

Jonathan Mirsky THE CRAZED by Ha Jin Heinemann, 1:12.99, pp. 323, ISBN 0434883913 T wo years ago in The Spectator I praised Ha Jin's earlier novel, Waiting. It was about a......

Singing For Your Supper

Paul Binding UNCLE RUDOLF by Paul Bailey 4th Estate, 1:12.99, pp.I84, ISBN1841157589 0 a 23 February 1937 a small boy of seven arrives at Victoria station, London. Here he is......