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A Wonderfully Funny Novel

Francis King Scandal A. N. Wilson (Hamish Hamilton 03.95) t is on the sad detritus of past political scandals that this highly entertaining novel has been constructed. The......

Poverty Line

Patrick Skene Catling How to be Poor George Mikes (Andre Deutsch 1.4.95) P I used to believe, was about a s 1 funny as terminal cancer of the Pr o- state. Not so, apparently.......