| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| INTERVIEW |
| Martin Amis, The Art of Fiction No. 151 |
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| FICTION |
| A. S. Byatt, Crocodile Tears |
| Giles Foden, The Last King of Scotland |
| Claire Keegan, The Singing Cashier |
| Will Self, Tough Tough Toys for Tough Tough Boys |
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| FEATURE |
| Julian Barnes, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| John Bayley, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| Malcolm Bradbury, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| A. S. Byatt, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| Carmen Callil, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| Alain de Botton, Drama or Melodrama and The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| Penelope Fitzgerald, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| Giles Foden, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| Paul Johnson, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| A. L. Kennedy, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| Daniel Kunitz, Text, Lucian Freud Portfolio |
| Will Self, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| Auberon Waugh, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
| Hugo Williams, The Man in the Back Row Has a Question V: British Literature |
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| POETRY |
| Simon Armitage, Four Poems |
| Lavinia Greenlaw, Three Poems |
| Tim Kendall, Two Poems |
| Andrew Motion, Out of the Blue |
| Graham Nelson, Polonium Elegy |
| Robin Robertson, Two Poems |
| Neil Rollinson, Two Poems |
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| ART |
| Lucian Freud, Etchings |
| Malcolm Morley, Four Drawings |
| Marc Quinn, Cover |
| Kerry Stuart, Contents Illustration |
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