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Oh Death, Where Is Thy Bite?

Michael Hulse THE CALCUTTA CHROMOSOME by Amitav Ghosh Picador, f15.99, pp. 308 I mmortality has not figured very prominently in literature since Swift's Struldbrugs, and Amitav......

Dole Man Versus The Comeback Kid

Thomas Fleming THE CHOICE by Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster, £16.99, pp. 462 T here has not been a presidential election this boring since Wendell Wilkie ran against Franklin......