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Nothing better demonstrates the calibre of writer honoured by the James Tait Black Award over the years than this selection.
Rather than call it the Best of the Best, I prefer 'the creme de la creme', and not simply because I hope Muriel Spark's The Mandelbaum Gate will win.
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