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A Lack Of Desperation

Tony Gould DON'T CALL IT NIGHT by Amos Oz Chatto, £14.99, pp. 200 A t the end of Amos Oz's new novel there is a cast-list two pages long, which comes as a bit of a surprise,......

Musing On Clio

Eric Christiansen AN INTELLIGENT PERSON'S GUIDE TO HISTORY by John Vincent Duckworth, £11.95, pp. 122 H istory is about arranging bits of paper,' says Professor Vincent, at the......