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Raymond Carr: Castro's Wonderland

Guerrillas in Power: The Course of the Cuban Revolution K. S. Karol (Cape £4.95) Ancient Greece apart, the output of words as a ratio of inhabitants written about must be......

John Casey On Samuel Richardson

Samuel Richardson: A Biography T. C. Duncan Eaves and Ben D. Kimpel (Clarendon Press £6.50) One of the most striking signs of the decline of taste is the rise of the 'definitive......

Auberon Waugh On New Fiction

Camp Commander Stuart Lauder (Longman £1.75) Stuart Lauder's new book arrived with strong recommendations from its publisher and an effusive message from Mr Angus Wilson: "I......