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“... with a certain circumspection, he finds, for example, Philippe van Rindt’s The Trial of Adolf Hitler, in which it is revealed that Hitler survived his attempts at suicide in the bunker; The Murder of Rudolf Hess, by Hess’s Spandau doctor, demonstrating that the prisoner who the other day celebrated his 85th birthday ...”

“... was leaving ceased to exist. The cosmology is opaque, just the same. If, say, Ursula assassinates Hitler before he comes to power, all she has done is to create a single world (among the infinite number) in which Nazism sputters out – unless this version of reality overwrites the previous ones like a computer file when the save button is pressed. The ...”

“... been talking about it for ever – go find him. Blakey was teaching and couldn’t go: but Bridget could, and wanted to, even though she is not from the Braddock side of the family. She turned out to be the ideal companion. She’s my first cousin, a South Londoner by way of Ipswich. Our estranged fathers are brothers. We knew each other as children ...”

“... do evil in return: the thought casts its own shadow, a repellent tribute to the evil that men like Hitler do.He rose, stretched, straightened himself, and turned toward the platform.  ‘Brum, you have the right to lodge a complaint against me,’ he said on his way to the platform. His face smiled of its own accord. Nor were these words his own. He stood ...”

“... three socialites en fête and en champagne: Baba Beaton, Wanda Baillie-Hamilton and Lady Bridget Poulett in a grotto of cellophane-wrapped balloons, draped in silver baubles and wearing barely-there white dresses. His creations were balanced by the more traditional work of George Hoyningen-Huene, a master of studio lighting and cumbersome camera ...”

“... serve, if only for the announcement of the season in the New Year.As an early Christmas present Bridget has given us a cow creamer she has made. Unglazed, it is chunky and solid and striped black and white like a bovine zebra. It’s a delightful object, a convict cow, and could she be bothered to make more and market them I’m sure they would sell for a ...”