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You pays your money, you takes your choice. Brick Lane.

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The occasional whims of a literary editor, nearly always resisted. The latest, to commission a review linked by title. In a single piece, a thematic discussion of Ian Rankin's Exit Music; Philip Roth's Exit Ghost; and Robert Harris's The Ghost. Spooky, eh?
Come to think of it -- I thought that was a joke, but you know, it might actually work...

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My dad was a pilot in the Second World War; I've always wanted to fly. So I loved Nick Barnard's book, How to Fly a Plane... and here's a picture of me and Nick (he's in the back. Yes, he's flying the plane). The photograph is by Tom Miller (it was taken while hanging out of a Yakolev 52) - and you can see more of them in The Times Magazine on Saturday, September 29...

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