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Books

Scenes from provincial life Philip Hensher THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS by Roddy Doyle Cape, £14.99, pp. 226 0 ver the last 15 years or so, one of the most striking things......

Palace Of Varieties

P. J. Kavanagh THE OXFORD COMPANION TO IRISH LITERATURE edited by Robert Welch OUP, US, pp. 640 D ifficult to say something general about a book that contains 2,000 years of......

Sexy Things

Sexy is the buzz-word now, Since buzz-word has become old hat; Be careful how you use it though In print or during casual chat. The first thing you must understand: It does not......