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Lore And Disorder

ANTHONY BURGESS The British Folklorists : A History Richard M. Dorson (Routledge and Kegan Paul 84s) Peasant Customs and Savage Myths Richard M. Dorson (Routledge and Kegan Paul......

Surfeit Of Oysters

TONY TANNER Portnoy's Complaint Philip Roth (Cape 30s) At the end of one of Roth's early short stories ('The Conversion of the Jews'), Ozzie Freed- man stands on the roof of a......