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This week's reviews and features
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Justine by Lawrence Durrell: John Crace pays a flying visit to the Alexandria Quartet
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The digested read: 'I don't really like wine. Gin is for pansies, and liqueurs are best left to patent-shoed Wops'
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Feature: Constance Briscoe has been vindicated, but the credibility - and saleability - of the 'troubled lives' genre remains in question
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Poetry workshop: Fresh from winning this year's National Book Award, Mark Doty invites you to make a close study of another species
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Nicholas Birch is spellbound by an afternoon with Turkey's master novelist
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Bad Sex in Fiction: To coincide with the infamous award, take a peek at the bedroom shenanigans of some of the shortlisted authors
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