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Dangerous Dove

John Grigg The Cloud of Danger George F. Kennan (Hutchinson £5.95) George Kennan is one of the great American mandarins of our time. Though he retired from active diplomacy a......

Last Mastery

Patrick Cosgrave Day by Day Robert Lowell (Faber £3. 95) Robert Lowell was probably the most mis' understood considerable poet of modern times. As is so often the case the rats:......