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WILLIAM Feaver had an old affinity with traditional forms but still has eyes for the new and wild.
WILLIAM Feaver had an old affinity with traditional forms but still has eyes for the new and wild.
Last Night in Twisted River By John Irving Bloomsbury, 554pp, $55
IMAGINE an Archibald prize-winning portrait that both packers and judges agreed on. That’s about how often popular and critical opinion meet in the choice of the Booker. Hilary Mantel has done it with her historical novel Wolf Hall.
JOHN Updike was, as so few major writers are, a comforting presence.
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