It's clear straight away what sort of fish Cynan Jones is frying in The Dig, his bleak novel of west Wales rural despair. On page one Jones's unnamed "big man" parks up overlooking the shallow valley ...

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Everyone over the age of three knows that you can add inverted commas to make Google search for an exact phrase – but there are some tricks known only to elite Google Ninjas. Whether you’re searching ...