Telltale'I was confined, locked into my library, tracing my heartbeats from way, way back.' In Telltale, Carmel Bird seizes on an enforced isolation to re read a rich dispensary of books from her past. A rule she sets herself is that she can consult only the books in her house, even if some, such as the much loved Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey, appear to be stubbornly elusive. Her library is comprehensive, and each book chosen or that cannot be