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Fishmans debut novel is a work of ferocious moral and sensual intelligence and a masterful defence of sex for its own sake Id always believed that sex masterpieces were the best kind. Better than Bach, the Empire State Building or Marcel Proust, writes the novelist and memoirist Eve Babitz in her classic of 1960s and

Based on found documents, this Man Booker-longlisted historical thriller deftly masquerades as a slice of true crime Graeme Macrae Burnets second novel from the crime imprint of the tiny Scottish publisher Saraband, asurprise inclusion on the Man Booker longlist, is a slippery creature indeed. Its a psychological thriller masquerading as a slice of true crime;

Theres no baking involved with this layered apple dessert, just toasted breadcrumbs and almonds blekage, the Danish term for a dish found throughout Scandinavia, translates as apple cake rather misleadingly, because theres no baking involved, unless you count the breadcrumbs that are traditionally scattered between the layers. That said, the Norwegian name, tilslrte bondepiker,

The time may be right to offer up my 1940s silk dress and silver platforms This spring, when Chlo Sevigny announced she was putting on a closet sale in New York, a number of feelings passed through me all at once, a kind of poisoning. First, obviously, jealousy: a vintage jumble sale is my favoured

Pamela Weston, who has died aged 87, was not only an outstanding clarinettist and teacher, but also a renowned researcher and biographer of clarinettists from all over the world. Her father was a doctor and her mother an amateur violinist. Born in London, Pamela learned the piano at school, and plans were made for her