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Faulks, Sebastian EnglebyMike Engleby says things that others darenot even think. A man devoid of scrupleor self-pity, he rises without trace inThatcher’s England and scorches throughthe blandscape of New Labour.Sebastian Faulks’s new novel can be readas a lament for a generation and thecountry it failed. It is also a meditation onthe limits of science, the curse of humanconsciousness and on the lyrics of 1970s’rock music. And beneath this highlydisturbing surface lies an unfoldingmystery of gripping narrative power.For when one of Mike’s contemporariesunaccountably disappears, the readerhas to ask, is even the shameless Englebycapable of telling the whole truth?Fellowes, Julian Past ImperfectDamian Barker is hugely wealthy anddying. He lives alone in a big housein Surrey, looked after by a chauffeur,butler, cook and housemaid. He has butone concern - his fortune in excess of100 million and who should inherit it onhis death. COMING OUT is the story ofa quest. Damian Barker wishes to knowif he has a living heir. By the time hemarried in his late thirties he was sterile(the result of adult mumps), but whatabout before that unfortunate illness?He was not a virgin. Had he sired a child?A letter from a girlfriend from thesetimes suggests he did. But the letter isanonymous. Damian contacts someone heknew from their days at university.26