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Advent is the season for revelling in fine wine

7 December 2024

9:00 AM

7 December 2024

9:00 AM

Crime. Fear not: none of us was planning to break the law, with the possible exception of hate speech. Where that is concerned, how would one start? But we were more concerned with crime and literature, and a fascinating perennial question. What is the distinction between crime fiction and novels?

In the 1990s, I introduced one of the loveliest girls of the age to the delights of proper wine

Crime and Punishment: no problem.

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