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Jane Stephens

Jane Stephens coordinated the Reading 1990 programme.

Jane Stephens reviews 'Art Rat' by Robert Wallace and 'One Too Many' by Melissa Chan

May 1993, no. 150 01 May 1993
The chief protagonist in Robert Wallace’s Art Rat is a character about as savoury as Sid Vicious at his worst. The Art Rat begins life as Glyn, then transforms himself into Matthew and finally Lupo, psychopath disguised as conceptual artist. With each new identity he sinks further into madness and obsession. Glyn’s sinister obsessions stem from relationships with mother and father and take an ... (read more)

Jane Stephens reviews 'Worse Than Death' by Jean Bedford (with Tom Kelly)

February–March 1991, no. 128 01 February 1991
The publisher’s blurb for Worse Than Death notes that the book is ‘a long awaited move across genres for Jean Bedford’. A backhanded compliment, but no doubt sincerely meant. As it happens, the first Anna Southwood mystery is a pretty lacklustre effort – far from the ‘tight and pacy read’ promised by this same blurb. Anna Southwood, a tomboy type with – you guessed it – unruly red ... (read more)