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CONTENTS THIS MONTH'S PULPIT is written by Paul J ohn son . H e thinks he has w ritten about forty books. His Art: A New History w ill be published in September by W eidenfeld & Ni colson. lSABEL HI LTON is a writer and broadcaster. H e r most recent book is T11 e Search for the Panche11 Lama (Penguin). MI CHAEL BURLEIGH's m ost rece nt book, Th e Third Reich : A New Hi sto ry , won t h e Sam u e l J oh nso n Prize for N o n-Fi ction. FR ANCES SPALD ING is th e a uth o r (with David Fraser J enkins) of J olm Piper in th e 1930s : Abstraction 0 11 th e Beach (M e rre ll ), wh ic h is tim ed to co in cid e with an exhi bition of the sa m e titl e. The ex hibiti on ca n b e see n at the Djanogly Art Gal lery at the University of N o ttin gham from 5 Jul y to 3 1 August. CAT HER INE PETER S h as wr i t t e n biograp hi es of seve ral nin e t ee nthce ntur y a u thors, in c ludin g Thackeray and Wilki e Collin s. CHARLES ALLEN's most rece nt book is T11e Buddha and the Sah ibs: T11 e Meu Who Discovered Ind ia 's Last Rel(~ion Oo hn Murray). He has just completed a reap praisa l of th e Younghusband missio n to T ibet, Duel in the Snows. DONAlD RAYFIELD is the auth or of A nt on Chekh o11: A Life (1997) and Unde rstandi11g C hekh o11 (1999). H e has just completed a study, Stali11 and the Hangmeu. CHANDAK SENGOOPTA, fo rm e rl y a psychiatrist, lectures on th e history of m e di ci n e at the Uni vers i t y of M an c h este r . H e is the au thor of Im print of the R aj: How Fingerpri11ti 11g was bom in Colonial India (M ac miUan) and is w ritin g a hi story of 'un we lcome foreigners' in modem Britain . PULPIT BIOGRAPHY ART & MUSIC LITERARY LIVES FOREIGN PARTS MEMOIRS 1 P AUL J OHNSON 4 MI CHAEL BURLEI GH Mussoli t~ i: A New L ife Ni c hola s Farr e ll 6 CHARLES ALLEN Empi res of th e Plai n: H enry Rawlinson and th e Lo st Lang uages of Baby/on Les l ey Adkin s 7 ANDR. EW TAYLOR Fit z Roy: The R emarkabl e Story of Darwin's Capta i n and th e In vention of th e Weather Foreca s t John a nd Mary Grib bin Evo lution 's Captain: T h e Tragic Fate of Robert Fit z Roy, th e Man who Sa il ed C h a rl es Darwin around the World P e ter Ni c h o l s 9 C HANDHAK SEN GOO PT A The A ir L oo m Gang: Th e Strange and Tru e Story ofJ anus T ill y Matth e ws a t'td Hi s V is ionary Madness Mike J ay 10 C HR.I STOPHER. O NDAATJE The W hit e Hea dh~m te r Ni ge l R a n d e ll 12 FR.ANCES SPALDING Wh ist le r an d Hi s Moth e r: An Unexpecte d R e lation s hip Sara h W a ld e n 13 ALEXANDER. W AUG H Brit ten on Mu s ic (Ed) P a ul Kilde a Bri t ten D av id Matth ews 15 C ATH ER INE PETERS Bulwer Lyt to n: Th e Rise and Fall of a Victorian Man of L ette rs Lesli e Mit c h e ll 16 DoNALD RAYFI EL D F uri ous Vissa ri on: B eUn s k ii 's Strugg le for Li te rature, Lov e and Id eas Ri c h a rd Fr ee born 17 TIM H EALD Th e La s t EngUshman: Th e Life ofJ L Ca rr Byron Roge r s 19 J ONATHAN K EATES Paradi se of C i tie s : Venice and I t s N inetee nth-Cen tury Visitors John Juliu s Norwi c h 20 F ER.GUS FLEM ING The I ce St e ph e n J P yne 22 ALAN P ALMER Dubro vni k: A Hi s tory Rob in H a rri s 23 l SABEL HI LTON Surv i vors in M ex i co R e b ecca Wes t 25 CAR.O LI NE M OOR.EHEAD Th e Z anz ibar C h es t : A M enw ir of L ove an d War Aidan Hartle y 26 NI CHOLAS RA NK IN At War With Wa ugh: Th e R ea l Story of Scoop W F Deedes 27 J ONATHAN MI RSKY Lak e with No Name: A Tru e Story of Lov e and Conflict in Mod ern China Diane W e i Li a ng 28 WILLIAM PALMER I njury Time: A M emoir D J Enright 30 C HRI STOP HER BRAY C louds of Glory: A Ho xton C hildh ood Bryan M agee LITERARY REVIEW July 2003 Editor: NANCY SLADEK D ep ut y Editor: C HAR.L IE CAMPBELL Editoria l Assistant: ALAN RAFFERTY Contribu ting Editor: SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE Business Manager: R OB ERT POSNER Advertisir1g Manager: TERRY FINNEGAN Foundir1g Editor: D R ANNE SMITH Founding Father: AUBERON WAUGH Cover illustration by Chris Ridde/1 Iss ue no. 30 1
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JULY 2003 HISTORY GENERAL FICTION CHILDREN'S BOOKS LETTERS AUDIOBOOK SILENCED VOICES PAPERBACKS CRIME POETRY COMPETITION LR CROSSWORD LRBOOKSHOP 31 33 35 36 38 SIM O N H EFFER An U nd erworld at War: Spiv s, D ese rt ers, Ra ck etee rs and C i vili ans in th e S eco nd World War Donald Thomas J O HN ADAM SO N C resce nt and Cro ss : Th e Battl e of L ep anto 15 7 1 Hugh Bi c h e no F E LIPE FER NANDEZ -ARME STO After th e Ice : A Global Human Hi story , 2 0 , 000 - 5 , 000 BC St eve n Mith e n T OM P OCOC K Mar i tim e Powe r an d th e S tmgg le f or Fr ee dom: Na va l C ampaig ns that Shap ed th e M odem World, 17 8 8-18 5 7 P e t e r P a d fi e ld 0 LEG G O R DIEVS KY Th e Main Ene my : Th e In s id e Story of th e CIA 's Firl al Sh owd own wi th th e KGB Mi l t B ea rd e n a nd J a me s Ri s en 41 42 43 44 46 P AT RI C K O 'C O NNOR H enri Carti er-Bresso n: Th e M an , th e Image and th e W orld P e t e r G a l ass i , R o b e rt De l pir e e t a ! jAM ES L E FA NU Seco nd Op ini on : D octors, Dise ases an d D eci sioru in M odern M edi cin e Ri c h a rd Horton TRI STAN Q U INN Fac tory G i l l i a n D a rl ey TH OMAS H ODG KI NSON Adam 's N a11e l: A N at ural an d C ult u ral Hi sto ry of th e Hum an Fo rm Mi c ha e l Sim.s St iff: Th e C uri ous Li ves of Hum an Ca davers M a r y Ro ac h STE VE KI NG Pi eces of My Mind: Writi ngs 19 5 8 - 2 00 2 Frank K e rmod e 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 53 55 56 57 57 58 59 59 62 8 64 S USANNA ] ONES S omersa ult K e n za b u ro O e P AM EL A N O RRI S L ea rning to T alk Hil a r y M a nt e l FR ANC IS KI NG Li v ing N owh ere John Burn s ide M ADEL EINE MI NSON Th e Ru les of Engagement Anita Brookn e r S EBAS TI AN SH AKES PEARE Lan za rote Mi c h e l H o u e l l e b ec q S o PHI A W ATSON No t es on a Sca r1da/ Zo e H e l i e r A ND REW B ARR OW A Hi story of Fa celifting Dunca n F a l low e ll ALAN R AFFER TY Thinly Disg ui se d A utobi og rap hy J a m es D e l in g pol e LU C Y B ER ES FO R D ON FIR ST NOV EL S MI C HAEL T HORN S USAN C R OS LAND SI O BH AN D owo PHILIP 0AK ES CAROLINE MOOR.EH.EAD's bi ograph y o f M arth a Gellh om w ill be publish ed in Septemb er by C hatto & Windus. j ONATH AN KEATES is a bi ograph e r o f S t e ndh a l. H e i s c urr e ntl y wo rking o n a study of th e Venetian revo luti o n o f 1848. f ERGUS fL EM ING is th e auth o r o f a number o f books o n th e hi story of exploratio n. His lates t boo k, TI1 e SuJO rd and th e Cross, is publi sh ed by G ranta. J OHN A DAMSON is a Fell ow o f Pe te rh o use, Ca mb r id ge. His m os t rece nt book, T he Pri11 ce /y Co 11rts of E11rope 1500- 1750, is publi sh ed by W e id enfe ld & Ni co lso n . PAMELA N ORR IS is w ritin g a hi story o f ro m antic love. NI CHOLAS R. AN KIN ma k es r a di o p r og r a mm es for B BC W o rld Se r vice. Hi s la test boo k , T eleg ram j ro111 C 11 em ica (Fabe r £ 14.99), was h a il ed by R ay m on d Ca rr as 'sple nd i dl y resea r c h e d , dee pl y moving and co mpellin gly rea dable' in April 's LR . TR ISTAN QU INN I S Cu l tur e Pro du ce r of BBC 2's NwiSi riglll . SUSANNA j ONES is the auth o r of 71te Earthquake Bird and Wate r Lily. She li ved in J apan fo r five years. O LEG GORD IEVS KY sp e nt e leven years as a British sec ret age nt insid e t he KG B. H e was exposed in 1985 a nd p laced un der h o use a rr es t in M oscow, £1ci ng an immin ent d ea th se nt e n ce. H oweve r , w i th th e ass istan ce o f Bri t ish Inte lli ge nce, he esca ped and was bro ugh t to Londo n . H e survives, som ewhere in E ngland, to te ll th e tale, and has w ritt e n fo ur boo ks, t hree of th em in partners hip w it h C h ristop her Andrew. Th e Literary R eview, ir1 co rporating Quarto, is published monthlyf rom: 44 Lexington Street, London W 1F OLW Tel: 020 7437 9392 Fax: 020 7734 1844 ISSN 0144 4360 ©A ll subscrip tior·1enqu iries an d changes of address to: Literary R eview Su bscriptions, FREEPOST LON 17963 London S W20 8YY Tel: 020 8545 2755 Fax: 020 8545 2756. UK Subscrip tion R ate £32, Europe £3 9, res t i f the wo rld air 1nail only £54 (US$8 4) USA Airspeed subscription price is £39 (US$60) f or per armum. Periodica l pre-paid at Champlain NY (US PS 00421 8). A ll advertising enqr4iries to: R obert Posner, Literary R eview, 44 Lexington Street, Londor1 W1 F OLW Tel: 020 7437 9392 Printed by Simpson Drewett & Co Ltd, 70 Sh een R oad, Richmond, Su rrey TW9 1UF Tel: 020 8940 7441 Fa x : 020 8948 8749 Distributed to newsagents worldwide by COMAG Specia list, Tavistock Works, Ta vistock Rd, West Drayto11, Middlesex, UB7 7QX Tel: 01 895 433 800 Distributed to bookshops by Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, Londor·r E9 Tel : 020 8986 4854 ernail : litrev@dircon .co.uk LITERARY REVIEW July 2003

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JULY 2003

HISTORY

GENERAL

FICTION

CHILDREN'S BOOKS LETTERS AUDIOBOOK SILENCED VOICES PAPERBACKS CRIME POETRY COMPETITION LR CROSSWORD LRBOOKSHOP

31

33

35

36

38

SIM O N H EFFER An U nd erworld at War: Spiv s, D ese rt ers, Ra ck etee rs and C i vili ans in th e S eco nd World War Donald Thomas J O HN ADAM SO N C resce nt and Cro ss : Th e Battl e of L ep anto 15 7 1 Hugh Bi c h e no F E LIPE FER NANDEZ -ARME STO After th e Ice : A Global Human Hi story , 2 0 , 000 - 5 , 000 BC St eve n Mith e n T OM P OCOC K Mar i tim e Powe r an d th e S tmgg le f or Fr ee dom: Na va l C ampaig ns that Shap ed th e M odem World, 17 8 8-18 5 7 P e t e r P a d fi e ld 0 LEG G O R DIEVS KY Th e Main Ene my : Th e In s id e Story of th e CIA 's Firl al Sh owd own wi th th e KGB Mi l t B ea rd e n a nd J a me s Ri s en

41

42

43 44

46

P AT RI C K O 'C O NNOR H enri Carti er-Bresso n: Th e M an , th e Image and th e W orld P e t e r G a l ass i , R o b e rt De l pir e e t a ! jAM ES L E FA NU Seco nd Op ini on : D octors, Dise ases an d D eci sioru in M odern M edi cin e Ri c h a rd Horton TRI STAN Q U INN Fac tory G i l l i a n D a rl ey TH OMAS H ODG KI NSON Adam 's N a11e l: A N at ural an d C ult u ral Hi sto ry of th e Hum an Fo rm Mi c ha e l Sim.s St iff: Th e C uri ous Li ves of Hum an Ca davers M a r y Ro ac h STE VE KI NG Pi eces of My Mind: Writi ngs 19 5 8 - 2 00 2 Frank K e rmod e

47 48 49 50 51 52 53 53

55 56 57 57 58 59 59 62 8 64

S USANNA ] ONES S omersa ult K e n za b u ro O e P AM EL A N O RRI S L ea rning to T alk Hil a r y M a nt e l FR ANC IS KI NG Li v ing N owh ere John Burn s ide M ADEL EINE MI NSON Th e Ru les of Engagement Anita Brookn e r S EBAS TI AN SH AKES PEARE Lan za rote Mi c h e l H o u e l l e b ec q S o PHI A W ATSON No t es on a Sca r1da/ Zo e H e l i e r A ND REW B ARR OW A Hi story of Fa celifting Dunca n F a l low e ll ALAN R AFFER TY Thinly Disg ui se d A utobi og rap hy J a m es D e l in g pol e LU C Y B ER ES FO R D ON FIR ST NOV EL S MI C HAEL T HORN

S USAN C R OS LAND SI O BH AN D owo

PHILIP 0AK ES

CAROLINE MOOR.EH.EAD's bi ograph y o f M arth a Gellh om w ill be publish ed in Septemb er by C hatto & Windus.

j ONATH AN KEATES is a bi ograph e r o f S t e ndh a l. H e i s c urr e ntl y wo rking o n a study of th e Venetian revo luti o n o f 1848.

f ERGUS fL EM ING is th e auth o r o f a number o f books o n th e hi story of exploratio n. His lates t boo k, TI1 e SuJO rd and th e Cross, is publi sh ed by G ranta.

J OHN A DAMSON is a Fell ow o f Pe te rh o use, Ca mb r id ge. His m os t rece nt book, T he Pri11 ce /y Co 11rts of E11rope 1500- 1750, is publi sh ed by W e id enfe ld & Ni co lso n .

PAMELA N ORR IS is w ritin g a hi story o f ro m antic love.

NI CHOLAS R. AN KIN ma k es r a di o p r og r a mm es for B BC W o rld Se r vice. Hi s la test boo k , T eleg ram j ro111 C 11 em ica (Fabe r £ 14.99), was h a il ed by R ay m on d Ca rr as 'sple nd i dl y resea r c h e d , dee pl y moving and co mpellin gly rea dable' in April 's LR .

TR ISTAN QU INN I S Cu l tur e Pro du ce r of BBC 2's NwiSi riglll .

SUSANNA j ONES is the auth o r of 71te Earthquake Bird and Wate r Lily. She li ved in J apan fo r five years.

O LEG GORD IEVS KY sp e nt e leven years as a British sec ret age nt insid e t he KG B. H e was exposed in 1985 a nd p laced un der h o use a rr es t in M oscow, £1ci ng an immin ent d ea th se nt e n ce. H oweve r , w i th th e ass istan ce o f Bri t ish Inte lli ge nce, he esca ped and was bro ugh t to Londo n . H e survives, som ewhere in E ngland, to te ll th e tale, and has w ritt e n fo ur boo ks, t hree of th em in partners hip w it h C h ristop her Andrew.

Th e Literary R eview, ir1 co rporating Quarto, is published monthlyf rom: 44 Lexington Street, London W 1F OLW Tel: 020 7437 9392

Fax: 020 7734 1844 ISSN 0144 4360 ©A ll subscrip tior·1enqu iries an d changes of address to:

Literary R eview Su bscriptions, FREEPOST LON 17963 London S W20 8YY Tel: 020 8545 2755 Fax: 020 8545 2756.

UK Subscrip tion R ate £32, Europe £3 9, res t i f the wo rld air 1nail only £54 (US$8 4)

USA Airspeed subscription price is £39 (US$60) f or per armum. Periodica l pre-paid at Champlain NY (US PS 00421 8). A ll advertising enqr4iries to: R obert Posner, Literary R eview, 44 Lexington Street, Londor1 W1 F OLW Tel: 020 7437 9392 Printed by Simpson Drewett & Co Ltd, 70 Sh een R oad, Richmond, Su rrey TW9 1UF Tel: 020 8940 7441 Fa x : 020 8948 8749 Distributed to newsagents worldwide by COMAG Specia list, Tavistock Works, Ta vistock Rd, West Drayto11, Middlesex, UB7 7QX Tel: 01 895 433 800

Distributed to bookshops by Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, Londor·r E9 Tel : 020 8986 4854

ernail : litrev@dircon .co.uk

LITERARY REVIEW July 2003

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