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Sat 03 Mar 2003More to it than it says on the label
Crime: Probably to be bracketed in the Mystery/Thriller/Crime sections of most bookshops, Robert Wilson's new novel far surpasses this genre labelling, writes Vincent Banville.
His seventh offering, The Blind Man of Seville, is a big, highly entertaining and thought-provoking book, dealing as it does with themes of obsession, dysfunctional families, paranoia, the thirst for vengeance, and insanity.
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