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Justine by Lawrence Durrell: John Crace pays a flying visit to the Alexandria Quartet
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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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